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THE JN T ORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1842.
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THE GOVERNMENT VICTIMS . An additional demonstration against that Tile species of Government tyranny , -which h& 3 , within the list few months , filled the prisons of England with TirtaouB and skilful English artisans , for seeking , in public meeting , to make known their grievances , and to discuss the most legitimate means of procuring a redress of them , together with the means of bread for their " starling wires and families , " took plaee on Thursday night , in the shape of a public meeting , at the Hall of Science , High-street , WhivechapeL The object of the meeting was to express the publio detestation of a Government that could thus act , and to mark that detestation the more strongly by entering Into a subscription in aid of the " victims ' ' to so despotic and atrocious a policy . On the motion of Mr . Drake ,
Mr . Hants "was called to the chair . He said be regretted the Chartists -were not doing th ? ir duty to themselves , otherwise the Hall in which the meeting oxer which he had the honour t * preside , was held , would , at that late hour , have been crowded to inconvenience . They had met on the preset occasion , not merely as matter of form—not merely to breathe the feelings of indignation against t Government that con ! d act so tyrannically as the present was ccting ; but upon a question which concerned them all , involving fts it did the proposition , whither a man was to ' Urnk freely , " or whether tyranny was to say , in this enlightened land , " Thus far sh&" , t thou go and ro farther . " The Government that would dare attempt to restrict a people from the tree expression-of ; heir grievances , and who would say to them they must think only as they ( the Government ) thought , was the greatest of all tyrannies—( hear , hear )—but all would
not do ; the mind of man would still-be fres . — ( hear and loud cheers . ) Man was , by his Creator , endowed with the power to think , and to express his thoughts ; and it was not for tyrant man to dare to stop him in the exsrci * 3 and expression of the mind thus given—( hear , hearj The enemies of the people ' s rights might say , that they itbe people ) lived in " a free conntry , " and might do this er that But in this they reminded him o ! the " French" press , which said , " you swy print this or that ; but you must not say anything against the Ministry , " or State "— ( laughter . ) And bo with the present tyrannical Government of England—{ hear , hear . ) The people might say or think what they pleased ; but as soon as they said anything against them , they ( the Ministry ) , would seizt upon , drag , and east them into prison— . hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Mantz ) , might illustrate this base intolerance , by a quotation , of "Whicli it reminded him , from ihe poet , ntmeiy : —
" A subject ' s faults , a subject may proclaim , A monarch ' s errors are forbidden , ; game / ' i Cheers ) The people , undismayed by sach proceedings , should follow the advice of their tried and valued friend , O'Connor , should not shrink from danger , but like him , be prepared to " brave the battle and the breeze , " and , as becomes Englishmen , determine to be free —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . They had a duty to perform to the excellent j&nd patriotic meu who are bow incarcerated , for no other crime than that ^ f peeeeaWy and constitutionally mse . ing to demand a redress ef their grievances—( hear , hear , and " shame . "') He was sure they would do that—( hesrj—he was sure they would not be content with the present state cf things—( hear , he-r ) . Why should they not siuater in
their moral strength , and act lite men who were determined to bring tyranny down to the dust ?—( Hear , hear , and cheers ) . They were too long the dnpes of those men—( hear)—they had too long allowed themselves to be oppressed by them—( bear , h-. ar ) . — They should , he repeated , show themselves determined , and make their tyrants fcno 1 * that they were BngH shmen —( he ? r , hepr , and loud chetre ) . The tyrants knew very well , in incarcerating their j leaders , that they were insulting the people at large ; but had the people the right sort of spirit in themsalves , those leaders would never have betn sfcizsd ; j and it was because they ( the people ) were apathetic i and had neglected to perform their duty , that the Government had proceeded in the tyrannical coarse they were pursuing—( bear , hear ) . He regretted he did
not see that hall crowded wish man who Lad hearts to frel for , and pockets at the service af the " Govt-mment Victims "—( hear ) . Those victims , had they been corrupt , might have revelled in the lap of luxury , an-. i in the smiles of the base aristocrats who oppress them ; but no , they were men of nobler filings—( chee : e ) . Ha lamented the apathy of the people towards those highminded and noble-hearted men , whose virtuous sympathies had led them to offer themselves up as " victims , " ' . in their ( the people's ) c-iuse ; but he aopwl they wouid , ere too late , show themselves worthy of the sufferings of those men—( hear , hear ) . After Borne further remarks , Mr . Mantz apologised for having dttaiaed the j meeting for so long a tim =, and coccluded , amidst loud cheers , by calling on ilr . Brown ^ a talented operative ) , to move the first resolution .
Mr . Brown , who is a decided favourite with his , brother workmen , was greeted , on presenting himself , with marked plaudits , and after a few preliminary ob- i *» rvations , proceeded to read the resolution tothefol-i lowing e&sct : — ' ; " That this meeting views with feeling of indigna- j tion the conduct of the faction -which now eways j the Government of these realm . * , ¦ which b \ s ., in i opposition to right , law , and justice , invaded the ] liberty of conscience , seized npr-n honest an-. i unoffending individuals , and immured them in dungeons far no other crime thin that tf promulgating the truth and advocating the right 3 cf their enslaved and oppressed brethren . "
He deeply sympathised , ha said , with the victims to ¦ whom that resolution referred , snd he called upon the meeting to consider well the solean obligation which rested 03 th-. m them , in pledging themselves to it , to carry it out in all its spirit and meaning—( heir , hear . ) They shooed weigh wul the solemnity ot pleasing themselves to a resolution , and when pledged to it , nothing should prevail upon or actuate them not to carry it out —( bear . ) For his own part , he duly pledged himself , on the present most solemn occasion , to the resolution "wi ^ ch he bad just read , and nothing could induce b ' m to be unmindful or neglectfol of the ob-Hgation into which he had entered—( hear , hear . ) He tt » i not discop * 33 ed -when he saw Email meetings on the subject -winch had then brought them
together ; for , 8 s " after a storm comes acalm , " £ o after " great" meetings , they might expect " sraa"l" ones on the same subject ; and of great meetings he rejoiced to say they had had many in favour of the victims in \ rhose behilf he was at that moment appealing ( hear , hear . ) In fiat respect he would meat particularly , and in a marked manner ., corigratu '^ te the meeting on ths splendid demonstration and bump = r they had witnessed on the previous night , in a benefit in favour of the iletims , at the Pavilion Theatre ( cheer * . ) The friends of liberty and of injured worth b'd come from the most disfant parts of the metropolis to tb&t benefit , not , let it be said , foi amusement , ( for tks working classes , ground . do * n as ttty ai 3 , have neither heart , inolina-Hon , nor means to go long distances at ths present time
for amusment ' s sake alone ) but , to their great jcredit and honour , for the sake of alleviating , by their sympathy and contributions , the Bufferings of ihe victims , with whose cause they identify themselves , and with whose wrongs thsy syrnjiith ^ sa— hear , hear . ) - And , ba it remarked , that all their meetings vould be crowded , but th * t the working classes sre so poor that they cannot afford even b per . ny on every night —( hear , hear . ) They saw the victim to the cause in which they were embarked , pining in his gloomy , unhealthy , aid solitary dungeon ; p . nd they , like men and Cbtietians , pressed forward vriih their mite to assist him . —( iapplanee . ) "Who , looking at the present state of society , would siy rTi ^ . t there was cot something rottan at the core of the British nation?—( hear , ) The
¦ wealth-producing dass of British industry was sunk- in circumstances of the de ^ pe 3 t poverty . — 'hear , hear . ) Distress was pictured in their countenances , found in their dwellings ; its deepest anguish had taken possesof their minds ; and day and night they were kept in perpetual anxiety how to get bread to live . —( hear , hear , and sensations of pity . ) He ( Mr . Brown ) looked upon fhs Chartist as a man who would go for the care of so great as evil , and as one who would stand up for his conntry , and for the starving wives and children of its Buffering bop % —( cheers ) The country had now its " victims " to look to ; men who were torn away from their wives and children , and cast into dungsons , and for no other offence than standing up to plead their suffering fallow-countrymen ' s wrongs . —( shame . )
Threatened with all that could make man miserable , they yie ' . d ! not to tynnny . —( cheers . )—Justice was denied them , i and because they dared to say so , they were jrounced I upon by an iniquitous stretch of arbitrary power ; but their rights they were determined to have . —( hear , hear and cheers . ) Amongst those victims he would mention with heart full of regret the name " of Geerge Jalian Harney—( hear , )—but that excellent patriot ' s j pure spirit would come " like refined gold" out of the I fiery furnace " into which Tory persecution and Tory infamy had aaelly cast it !—( hear , hear . ) Oh ! poor ; Ellis ! a man of the greatest worth , with whom he j ( Mr . Brown ) had frequently acted in furtherance of the glorious cause—that good end virtuous-minded man— j that roan who would get out of his bed at any hear of i
the night to benefit a fellow-creature —( hear , hear )—that good man was , alas ! at that moment doomed to one-and-twenty-yeare' transportation for his attachment to his country—( loud cries of " shame" rung throngh all parts of the reverberating HalL ) And bis wife . ' O \ most amiable woman . ' she , too , was sacrificed ! for her j tender sensibilities , her great attachment , he ( Mr . i Brown ) feared could not survive the shock of having ! the most attached and tenderest of husbands thus cruelly and unjustly torn away from her , and con- J demned to what might be regarded as banishment for j life , or consignment to a living _ tomb "—( shame , ahams . ) The people , however , undismayed by such
tyranny , were determined to pursua the Charter , and j never to rest until they obtain it—( hear , and cheers . ) j Yes , \ hej are determined on this , regardless of the threats of a few selfish and mercenary Lords , vrho threaten tham with imprisonment , transportation , and evan death , tor looting for their rights—( Hear and cheers . ) Th 6 y despued those lazy , good for nothing drones—jbsar , hear )—those leecbts , wbo * nck and fatten on the life-blood of the people—( hear , hear . ) The talented speaker concluded by assuring the meeting and throngh it the country , cf his fidelity to the Chartist cause , and that while hB knew the value of being on the " right side , " in othtr wor 4 s , the o . utside of the strong walls of a prison , yet that the inside of it
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ba > 1 no tsrrors for him in connection with the pursuit of such a c ^ use—( cheers;—a cause in which he invoked tb « m to apply themselves -with energy to breaking up the stubborn ground , and sowing the " good Betsds of Chartism , " by which he promised them a glorious harvest , and the gathering up of the fruits —( loud and long continued cheers . ) Mr . Abel Cooke felt great pleasure iu seconding the resolution , because it referred to those kindred spirits who were suffering in the gloiious struggle of " might against right . " The association of kindred spirits was one of the greatest and most desirable things that could be for the attainment of the great object -which the people had in view . Associating together , they
were strong ; but divided , they were weak . ( Hear , hear . ) It was awful in a conntry like England , that men for standing up against such a system of tyranny should be seized upen . aa the victims to whom tbe resolution referred were , and deprived of their rights and liberties—( hear , bear ) . He ( Mr . Abel Cooke ) felt as if he could " at one fell swoop , " level the tyrants who thus basely , unjustly , and wantonly oppressed his fellow countrymen—( Cheers ) . Mr . Cooke then alluded , in a felicitous manner , to the great aid . and impulse which the Charter must derive from " the women of Englinti , " coming out , as they -wore , in its favour , and coBcluded amid the plaudits of the meeting , by seconding the resolution .
. Mr . Djvenp > : t , a veteran Reformer , moved the second resolution , to the foliowiDg effect : — " That this meeting deeply sympathise and console with those brave and virtuous patriots , who , in defiance of the tyranny ef de 3 pota , hava nobly stood forward as the champions of the rights and liberties of millions , to obtain for tbe mass of the population of this country a protection for labour , a voice in the State , and a fair division of political power ; ami pledges itself to use its best exertions by way of subscriptions and collections , and all other means in its power , to defray the expences of those victims who are awaiting their trials , and to support the wives and families of those who are now patiently enduring in their brethren ' s behalf , incarceration , and all the sufferings which inhumanity has inflicted , and BtiU threatens to inflict with her mercileSB and iron hand , and thu 9 save them from seeking the tender mercies of the Commissioners of the Poor Law Bastiles . "
In moving that resolution , it would be superfluous indeed , in him , he ( Air . Davenport ) observed , to address any lengthened remarks to the meeting . He strongly advocated a union between the middle and working classes , as the most likely meass by which th-y couid hope to achieve the great and glorious measure of " The People's Charter . " He regretted that the meeting vas not more crowded , and -would impress on the Chartists , that if even two millions out of tbe"three millions" of them wIjo had signed the Charter , weuid but give one penny each person towards " the Victim Fund , " the sum which would be thus real-Ksd would be ample for the support of the victims—( hear . ) Why , then , he would ask , are they , ( and on an occasion calling upon them for their sympathies and assistance ) , so apathetic and remiss in the discharge of x duty eo much ¦ within the command of oven the poorest of them—( htar . ) He would not longer detain them , but would propose . the resolution—( cheers . )
Mr . Lucas , of St . Puncras , seconded the resolution , accl availed himself of the opportunity thus afforded him of calling on the meeting , and through It , on the public at large , to give their most strenuou 3 support to their faithful and invaluable advocate the Evening Star newspaper—( cheers ) . They had been hitherto without a journal of purely Democratic principles to support their cause , and advocate their rights— 'hear , hear . ) And now that they had § ot cne in the Evening Slarnow that a gentleman had embarked his capital in their interest , b . 6 ( Mr . Lucas ; was sorry to say , they were not by any means supporting the paper he had started for them—( hear , hear ) . The Tories had got their papers , with the Times at the head ef them , in their interest ; the Whigs had got their papers ; and even the sham
Radicals had got their papers ; but the Chartists—tae working men—were witaout any paper —( shame ) . And why , then , he would repeat , when one was started for their support , did they not prove themselves worthy of the favour , by giving it their most zealous and efficient support?—( hear , hear . ) The working classes , to their shame be it spoken , bad no Press— ( hear . ) They bad made fortunes for thcBe whose papers were opposed to them , even for Government newspaper proprietors , and yet they would not support one in their own behalf—( hear . ) The Government blushed not to make nse of " machinery" to crush " the people ; " but the people will not , even when it offers , make use ( by
supporting ) of a paper which comes out to protect them against the G ^ verument—( hear , hear . ) If , for instance , they were to give but a " club" support , and that twenty four of them were w subscribe but one penny per week , they would have the payer every day—( hear hear . ) He would , in conclusion , say , that it becomes the ilnty of the working cl * 3 ses to force the paper into ail their places of resort —( . bear , hear )—that they ought not to rest until they would run it up to a circulation that would pay ; and that if they should not , in a word , support the Evening Star , they would deserve to be for ever fallen—( hear , hear , and cheer * . ) Tbe resolution was VLen put and carried unanimously , after which tbanka -were voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
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THE VICTIM ELLIS . We were j ' nst sitting down to call attention to this all-important matter , when Wednesday Evening ' s Star arrived ; in which we find it so well done that we give tbe entire article , in preference to any thing we could ourselves say : — To those persons who have followed the course of Chartist politics , the name of Ellis is familiar ; and they will require no further appeal to their sympathies , than the announcement that prompt exertion upon their part may yet save him from the horrors of transportation , save his wife from the sorrow Of
separation , and save his little children from the cold bastile , and tender mercies of an overseer . To those who do not know Mr . Ellis , it will be only necessary to appeal to their professed love of justice , and simply to lay his case before them , which i 3 as follows : —Counsel for Mr . Ellis raised an objection on hi 3 ^ trial , which , however , was ovsr-ruled by the Judge , pretty much upon the same technical ground taat ^ he point raised by the present Attorney Gtneral , in Frost ' s case , was orer-ruled by the same Judge . The Judge , however , pointed out to tbe counsel the mode by which his object could
fee effected , which is this ;—The point made by Counsel was , " That whereas the Act of Parliament bearing upon Ellis ' s case makes it penal to demolish , or to begin to demolish , any building , and requires proof of such demolition or commencement , and the indictment charged him with the offence as complete , while Ellis was not proved to have been at the place , when the attack was commenced , and also that the bnildimg was not demolished . " The reader will see the thing , then , plainly . That an Act of Parliament declares certain things , if done in violation of that Act , to be
! punishable with transportation ; and Counsel for Mr . Ellis argues that the things sworn to be done by Ellis wire not complete , or so complete within the meaning of the Act as to warrant his conviction nnder it . There is a legal and a moral way , however , of disposing of conjecture . The le ^ al way is by appeal to a higher tribunal than that before which the case has been tried . The moral way i 3 , — " Oh no matter whether the Act of Parliament critically embraced his c&sa , damn him , he deserved it . " The latter mode of argument may Eatisfy the village coterie , or a section of anti-monepolists , but it will
not B&tiefy the public , nor -would it , we are con- j vinced , eatisfy Chief Justice Tindal , the Judge who presidtd . In arguing thi 3 point , then , we are not to be understood as approving the crime of arson , or so much of it as does not come within j the statute above referred to , nor yet any part of j it . We are to be understood as dealing with the act and the crime as Judges invariably do , which is thus : — " // the Act is faulty or 6 ad , repeal or amend it ; but so long as it is law , abide by it , and as it is a penal law , construe U mildly , and give the pri ~
soner the advantage of its every defect" Such is the language of a Judge when he regrets the obligation under which a faulty Act places him . Even magistrates not uufrequently say to culprits , I admit yours is a hard case , and that the Act of Parliament is very severe , but there it is , and what can I do \ The only course now opeu to Mr . Ellis is this : —He can present a peution to the Secretary cf State for the Home Department , setting forth the objection , and prayingithat it may be argued before the fifteen Judges . We have no reason whatever to suppose that Sir James Graham
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will refuse to comply with Ellis ' s request , and for this reason : —It would be tery inhuman , very indecent , and very improper , to send a poor creature out of his country , leaving upon his mind , and upon the publio mind , an impression that any single loophole of justice , or even of legal escape , was closed against him . Again , there would be no reasonable grounds for refusal , and all precedent is in favour of the practice Especially in oases of forgery it has been done over and over again . In Fhost ' s case it has been done ; bat to cite oases in point wonld be
endless , therefore we shall presume that the Chief Secretary ' s decision will follow precedent . This is the first day of Term , and we are in the knowledge of the fact , that the necessary steps have been already taken to make the necessary appeal bn behalf of the man whose opposition to the -village tyrant , and support of Chartist principles , has called down upon him the vengeance of the law . But what of this % The foundation is but an unimportant part of the work , if not bnilt upon ; and where are the means to prosecute it ! This then , is our appeal , for the meanB to be collected and
forthwith forwarded to our office , to prosecute the good work- Counsel ' s fees in such cases , are heavy , and the ablest must be employed-The transports are being prepared . The gin palaces and beer shops are full . The cry of injustice and shame is long and loud ; but the injustice and the shame belong to those who see the chance , and will not aid in turning it to acconnt . Let it be borne in mind that by perseverance the Dorchester labourers were restored to their homes ; the Glasgow cotton spinners were saved from
transportation ; and Frost , Willums , and Jones from death ; and that the same active individual who was m&'uly instrumental in produoing those results , and , in oonsequence , has become an object of unmitigated and unrelenting persecution , is now engaged in forwarding this appeal npon behalf of poor Ellis . Let us , at all events , have the refusal , and gratify ourselves with this glorious reflection that we did our part , and we were ready to save our friend . Much may be done in London at variance with what the local mind approves . As an instance , we give the following note reoeived this
morning : — THE QDEEN V . WHITE . " Mr . Justice Cress well has made an order ta-day on each indictment , to admit White in bail , himself in £ 200 , and fonr sureties in £ 50 each ; be would not reduce it below this . " The above is from Mr . O'Connor ' s solicitor ; and by it , it will be found that the Judges have reduced the Justice ' s bail to cxaotly one-fifth of the amount required by those worthies , and for want of which poor George White , as honest a man as breathes , has been incarcerated for nearly two months ; and
for which , with God s blessing , the Brummagem scamps shall answer before the j'istice . We rejoice to congratulate Mr . Fellows and his brave followers upon their recent triumph over the rascally League , and their Bright importation from Rochdale . The impudence of these scoundrels , in their endeavours to seduce the Chartists from their allegiance to principle , in the hopo of advancing their plundering views , is beyond all bearing , and can only be equalled by the sound thrashing in Btore for them , whenever and wherever they presume to obtrude their particularly awkward and disga&ting persons .
We shall look anxiously for a response to our appeal on behalf of Ellis , his wife and children ; for the foundation must remain in statu quo , until the means are supplied for prosecuting the good work . Every minute is an hour , and not a MINUTE SHOULD BE LOST . Bear in mind that the worldly prospects of a whole family are involved in this experiment .
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THE STURGE CONFERENCE AGAIN . The Stusqe men are most persevering fellows ; as tae satellites © f faction always are . They are determined t « have their " talk" on the 27 th of Dec . and to call it a " Conference . " We are happy , however , to perceive that the i uti mat iens of the people that they were not to be humbugged , have forced them to be at least a little less impudant in their obtrusion of their real purposes on observation . The mode of electing this " National" Conference announced in their last circular upon the subject has been discovered during
the recent nat-catchipg expeditions of their great men to be " a little too bad" ; and hence they don ' t hazard an adherence to it . There is never anything of the bold manliness of honesty about hafiad faction ; and , therefor * , we are not eurprised to note the absence of it in the circular now issued from "the Complete Suffrage Council . " Honest and good men , genuine democrats in heart , may make mistakes as well as other men ; their judgments are not infallible ; they may be led into a false position ; but , when they find that they are thus circumstanced , they never hesitate , openly and candidly ,
to acknowledge it , admit their error , and give credit to those by whom they have been enlightened . There is always in honesty a frankness of disposition which repudiates a false position , when seen , as cheerfully and heartily as ic maintains a true one . Baffl : d roguery can seldom imitate this beautiful and amiable virtue . If foiled in an attempt to blind the eyes of parties , it will give up a position which it sees no means of hoIJiug , but it never admits that it has been wrong ; on the contrary , it invariably keeps its eyes steadfastly upon the baffled point , diverges from it no further than it is
compelled , and looks out for some circuit whereby , if an end , it may come back to it , and , if a means , it may either do so or substitute it by some other means whioh may subserve the same end . Now this is just tho conduct of the Sturge Council upon this occasion . Wftat they now say upon tho mode of elec . ion wears certainly a much greater air of fairness than thtir former proposition , and it is tantamount—if honestly meant and acted on—to an outiro repudiation of that proposition ; but it is not a repudiation . It still leaves the former plan open to be acted on if parties choose , although a different course is recommended , at least apparently .
The circular now says : — " The meetings to elect delegates must be of a strictly lei ? al character . Wherever it is practicable and usual , let a requisition be sent to the local authorities , requesting them to convene the meetings . If this cannot to done , let the Complete Suffrage Ufiou of each district convene Us own mr ^ t-Misf . In both cases the meetings must be public to all Hie inhabitants in ihe town or district .
" It is highly detirable that all the delegates should be elected in this way . The Council have concluded not to encourage the appointment of delegates by nomination lists / exespt in cr ^ es where the authorities absolutely prohibit or disperse the meetings . In such cases the nomination sheets inast be forwarded , together w ith a statement of all the circumstances , to the Council , at lent tea days before ths meeting of the Conference .
" The Council bvre reason to rejoice in being able to announce , that they have not yet heard of any instances in which there will be any difficulty in appointing , at the same meeting , delegates to represent both electors and non-electors . This course the Council earnestly recommend , as it will display a united energy that will augur well for our future success . " We have no faith in the honesty of these men , and , therefore , cannot trust them a single inch . Our readers will observe , however , that the people have it now in their own power to make this Conference what it ought to be—a truly national one .
In every case the meetings are to be public and open to all tbe inhabitants ; without this ths Conference would have been illegal , and every member of it liable to heavy punishments . Let tbe pe ople then see that all these meetings be well attended ; that honest and fair-dealing chairmen be appointed ; and that delegates of the right sort be returned . By " delegates of the right sort , " we mean not blustering , ranting , mouthers—but men of sense , firmness , discrimination , and cautionmen , who whether they can" make a speech" or not , can judge of the merits of a speech , and are not to be either persuaded or outwitted from a stera ad-
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herence to the interests and weal of their constituents . Let them be men who well understand the character and the position of the middle classes . Let them , above all , be men who thoroughly know the " freetrade" question and all its sophistries ; and who are prepared to maintain the interests and rightB of labour as a , first matter of national legislation , and not to barter them for any class crotchet . We warn them that the object of this conference is to hand over the Complete Suffrage and Chartist movements to tho free traders ; to "bid" for the assistance of the " extension " men by promising that the first efforts of our newborn liberties shall be devoted to tbe enabling of them to take from us all the good thereof .
We wain Tthe people that this is the purpose of the Conference ; while , at the same time , we tell them that it is in their own power not only to frustrate this purpose , but to make this Conference an effectual means of sifting the " Complete Suffrage Union , " of driving out of it all the wolves , and of gathering the sheep into the proper fold , so as to consolidate the people's strength by unitting their exertions . We recommend , therefore , that the people take up this Conference . But if they purpose to make it a nationally
beneficial one they must do it spiritedly and cautiou-ly . No means will be left untried by the Stcbge men . to secure for its deliberations the result we advert to . Tho people may and must prevent this . And for this purpose they must be on the alert . Every publio meeting to elect delegates must be well attended—the pople must take care to be early that the chairman be not unfairly chosen . Almost all the good of a publio meeting may be frustrated by the chairman , if he be disposed to do bo . Let the people see to this therefore ; let no Chairman be allowed to act who has not been
elected by the meeting . If any attempt be madeas in all probability there will—to call meetings at an hour when the working people can not attend , and when , therefore , the middle men can have it all their own way ; let a representation be instantly made to the Complete Suffrage Committee , or whoever else have the " getting up" of the meeting , and if this be unheeded , let a publio meeting on some other evening be called to elect delegates ; let the delegates be elected ; and let a letter stating the whole faets , be forthwith transmitted to the Complete Suffrage council at Birmingham . Let this letter be written in the most inoffensive possible
manner ; short and precise , merely stating facts , but yet so full as to give every necessary information ; and let a copy of it be given not merely to the delegate elected by the people at the fair " publio meeting , " but also to some honest delegate whose election is undisputed , and let him bring the matter before tbe Conference at its meeting , if the council shall not have previously done justice in the matter . Iu every case the eligibility to sit of every candidate elected at an unfair meeting should be protested against ; the protest should be transmitted to the Council at
Birmingham , with the same letter containing a statement of the facts on which it is grounded . Tho same plan mast be adopted if any dishonest means are resorted to for smuggling a Chairman at any public meeting for the elcotion of delegates . This may be done , either by obtruding a Chairman without election , or by electing him before the time announced for the meeting . To all these and many other " dodgeB , " the " Bhoy-hoys" are well up . " They will need watching ; but with care they may bo so watched as to be utterly unable to avoid doing some good whether they like it or not .
All that the people have a right to require is that every meeting to eleot delegates shall be a fair , honestly conduoted , public meeting . And if any delegates be received who havo not been thus elected or any excluded who have been thus elected , it will be tho duty of every other honest delegate at once to protest against the whole thing as a fraud upon the public , and come away aud leave it . It is all the more necessary that the delegates should be fairly elected , and that they should
represent fairly the feelings of the people , because the Sturge men . ihaving been driven from their pet point of having half the delegates electors elected by electors , they have managed to contrive another by which they evidently hope to effect the same purpose of subserving the "free trade" crotchet . This is cunningly concealed under the guise of a most useful aud necessary arrangement , aud cloaked over with much apparent fairness in the following paragraph from their new circular : —
" With a view to prevent loss of time , and in the hope that all the business of the Conference may be terminated in four days , the Council will be prepared with a programme of tbe business under discussion . They propose that the Conference , at its first sitting , shall elect a committee , to whom tbe programme shall be referred , and that such committee shall decide upon the order in which all business shall be introduced . It is conceived that there will be no disposition to attribute this arrangement to improper motives , as it is not intended that any member of the Council should have a vote , either in the Committee or the Conference ( by virtue of his office as Councillor ) , unless elected as a repn lentative for some constituency . They are , however , desirous of being present , to give an opinion or supply information .
" Copies of the programme of tbe proposed business may be obtained by each delegate upon arrival . " Now , why not submit this programme of business to the whole Conference for adoption or amendment ? The reason is just here . The committee is to be appointed the Bret thing . The Council hope that at the beginning of the proceedings the attendance may not be full , and they may get a committee of their owu choosing ; which committee having power to determine upon what business shall come before the meeting , and how it shall be conducted , will , if not watched well , effectually destroy the deliberative character of the Conference ; just ai was done at
the Clerical Conference of Manchester . Having experienced the effect of "the Committee dodge' ' there we know how to anticipate it . There the " Programme Committee" drew up tho resolutions and put down the names of those who should speak to them , and no . other parties were allowed to speak at all . This will be attempted at Birmingham , we expect ; but if the people do their duty in the choice of delegates , and the delegates do their duty to the people , it will not succeed—or if it even should—if the people have sent such delegates as
they ought to send—every proposition containing a single expression calculated to harm or jeopardize tho cause of straightforward , bold democracy will at once be negatived . The clause of the former circular about binding the paople to uphold the " Free Traders" is sure to be in the programme . Let the delegates bo well instructed on this matter We give from the Nonconformist , the Sturge oracle , the following excellent remarks from an Addres 3 of the Cirencestor Chartist Association , to the Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union : —
" You propose to ascertain how far the non-electors may be induced to pledge themselves to use the franchise , when obtained , iu favour of free trade . "No delegate , in our opinion , could give such a pledge on behalf of his constituents . We cannot say at what period complete or universal suffrage will bo established . It may be law this day twelve months , or a whole generation may pass away , and a new one spring up before it is obtained . How , then , can any assembly ot men { whatever their representative character ) pledge an electoral body , not yet existing , to a particular exercise of the franchise , at some futnre but indefinite time ? We roust receive the suffrage unclog ged by conditions . We must not barter tbe free exorcise of the franchise , even for the franchise itself . "
This is the right tone to take , and must be foJ .-lowed up by the whole people in their instructions to their delegates . Meantime , as proof of the uecessity of caution in dealing with these gentry , we just note that the quasi organ of the Sturg ^ tes in labouring to defend the iniquitous clause of the last circular , now abandoned , rested its ar gument on the assumption that this was not to a decisive but a deliberative body—not a Convention to adopt measures—but a Conference to discuss them ; while the circular before us assures us thp ^ the Conference is called : —
" To prepare a bill to be su > / tnitted t » Parliament , en . budving the principles and necessary ( letn . Ua of representation , agreed to at ths Conferenc e held in April last , and to determine who . shali be requested to introduce such bill into the ftouse of Commons , and also to dispose of the othtr ry u 3 ineo 3 alluded to in the address already issued . " Purposing to return to this snbjeof , we now call attention in tho way of olose to the following extract
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from the Sturge circular , to which we think no objection can be offered ;—"It is absolutely necessary that tbe names and addresses of the delegates who are appointed to attend the Conference , accompanied by a oopy of the minutes of the meeting at which they were elected , nnder the signature of the chairman » f the meeting , should be transmitted to the council on or before Friday the 23 rd day of December , in order that tbe extent of accommodation required may be known , tickets prepared , and other arrangements made . " Each delegate is requested to call at the office as soon as possible after bis arrival In Birmingham . " This with what we have given above places all the provisions of this document before the people , whom we now adviBe to begin at once to prepare for the work .
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THE EXECUTIVE . . We have not received the returns from elections of the persons nominated to fill up the vacancies in the Executive . The reason will probably be found in the following extract of a letter from the General Secretary received , this day—Thursday : — " I almost imagine tbe election at present will have to be abandoned , because there ha ? not been time enough given . I have had a letter from Bairstow , aud he says there will be much dissatisfaction In consequence of the shortness of the time , and Leaoh and myself expected , there would have again been placed on the list those good and noble minds who have , taken so active a part in our movement Very few localities , as | yet , have sent in their approval or disapproval
You see there are only twelve names on the list . Mr Watkins has declined . Messrs , Boss , West , and Clayton cannot be balloted for , on account of the informality . Morlinggthere is an objection raised against ; so that there are only seven candidates remaining . Taking all tbe circumstances of the case into consideration , perhaps it will be as well to postpone the election until the time is settled bj the plan of organisation . See the great number of honest and talented men who are virtually deprived of having votes tendered for them ; and I am afraid at this juncture the votes weuld be far less in number than they were at the last time . Give this letter yeur consideration , and if it meets your approbation , write a short article stating the reasons I have given for the alteration . "
To this we can only add that Mr . Clancy as may be seen from his letter in to-day ' s Star , cannot be ballotted for , and that reduces the number of candidates one more . We haye already given our opinion that the election is unnecessary , and need not , therefore , repeat it . But the matter is for the people , and not for us to determine on .
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John Hall , Ousbburn .- - We have no recollection tf the report to which h * alludes , though it Ujust possible it map haveescai ^ o us . , Any Lecturer intending to pistt Mansfield must communicate to them sever * days previous to visiting them , if not their tervices will not be accepted . M Odk to Libebtt" shall appear . Will Messes . W . Baikbbidge , Darlington ; C , Lane , now or late of 10 , Furnival's Inn Court , London ; and T . Obb , of Northampton * urtte to this office , and send their exact addresteii It is requested by a friend in Ireland . . M The Charter—an Ode , " shall appear . M A Watchman" must excuse us . His long letter ( a the middle classes contains nothing that our
readers are not familiar with ; and toe have not room for its insertion . John Borland , of Barnsley , if he be not that which he describes the subject of his letter to-be ., must be an egregious fool . William Lindsay . —Too sadly is his dream realised W . E . H— We guess Prince Albert to be of that kidney * ' wot never does nothing for nothing for nobody . " We have not just now time to refer to the proper document for the amount of payment for the nominal duties of the places named by our correspondent , but it is considerable . Two Readers of Dundee ask . —"/* */ consistent with the House of Lords thai a father and son may sit and legislate at the same time ? J [ fso , could you point out an instance V Fes : the
Crown might , for some national service performed , confer a separate peerage upon a peer expectant during his father's lifetime ; or the Crown might confer a peerage upon a younger son of a peer ; or a son might succeed to a peerage helden by his toother in her own rifjht , independent of her husband ' s peerage . Of this we have an instance in the present Earl of Wilton , who is a younger son of the Marquis of Westminster , and who has succeeded to his mother ' s peerage ; while his elder brother , Lord Grosvenor , is still a commoner , awaiting the death of his father . The Earl of Wilton , second son of the Marquis of Westmin *
ster , inherits the earldom by virtue of his father ' s marriage with Lady Eleanor Egerton , only surviving daughter and heiress of Thomas , first Earl of Wilton , so created , with remainder to the second and all other younger sons of his daughter . W . P ., in answer to S . K ., of Glasgow , arrived too late for this week ; it shall appear in our next . George Tweddell , Stokesley . —We have stated some forty times already , that we acknowledge ne sums for public funds but what are received here . We know nothing whatever about what Mr . O'Connor receives .
W . B . —Yes . Matthew Limbert , Dodwobth , forgot to send cash with his advertisement . W . Cooper , Weldon . —His last week ' s letter was received , but mislaid . In the Star of the 32 nd vlt . the name Weldon was written " Weedon , " by mistake . D . E . L ., Long Buckby . —T \ e see no necessity for insisting on his withdrawal from either . The professed object is the same . If the man be a good and a honest man , the position he has taken can do no harm , while it may do good . Bacdp Chartists . —Memorialise the Home Secretary . W . H ., of Heywood , writes in riddles . We cannot understand his letter ; but it seems to have reference to some matters which in any case we should not publish on anonymous authority .
William Pools , Collumpton . —Any bookseller roho gets a London parcel can get him all Mr , Hill ' s works from John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleetstreet , London . W . Fairburn , Wednesbuby . —Our copy of the Evening Star of the date he mentions is so cut that we cannot find the report he alludes to . He ought to have sent us one . Some other correspondents may ascribe the non-appearance of their reports to the same cause . Will Mb . Bebsley have the goodness to communicate his address to the Hull sub-Secretary , No . 10 , Owen-square NewGeorge ~ street ? Middle-class Rapacity . —G . A . N ., of Sheffield , writes us thus : —¦ .
" A landlord of this town has some property consisting , amongst tbe rest , of a hole fit only for a dog , and a small bakehouse , which has been in the occupation of several who have in vain endeavoured to make it answer . They have been obliged to give tip , leaving Mr . Landlord minus , in most instances , nia rent . The premises became void , and were likely to remain so , when a young man , who had served an honourable apprenticeship in the town , and being well known , took the premises at 4 s : 2 d . per week—an exorbitant rent for such a kennel—wrh not a particle of custom connected with the plaee Well , Sir , by indefatigable exertions and perse vering industry , be has established a very decent connection , and been enabled to get a plain yet
comfortable livelihood , regularly paying the pro prietor his rent , not being indebted to bis landlord one farthing . With these facts before us , —and they are facts , for I have not only beard it from the man ' s own lips , but folly attested by others knowing the circumstances , —one would suppose Mr . - —— would feel proud of bis tenant , and feel a pleasure in doing what he could to promote success . Wo , no , not so ; avarice—greedy , grasping avarice—the characteristic of the sordid crew , had cast an eye upon him , and Mr . ¦ very kindly told him , this week , he must pay the trifling addition of j £ l 19 s . per annum—ninepence a week extra , making a total of £ 13 per year for a bole scarcely fit ( as I said before ) for a dog . This
is not all : is the gentleman a Tory ? No—can you believe it?—a member of the National Complete Suffrage Union , a professed admirer and follower , I presume , of the philanthropic and generous Joseph Sturge , Esq ., of Birmingham . ' This is not an isolated case , but one that shows the natural disposition of these middle-class brawlers for union . I can tell the working class they may as weUaik the wolf and lamb to unite to destroy despotism as to expect the middle class to do so until compelled . Still I have heard it said how very friendly they are in Sheffield , and how they sympathise wita the working class ; and many that I have met will believe it Certainly there are exceptions to the general rule , and may be tbe middle class of
Bhcffiuld are so . As I know but little of them I will not gainsay it , but give them the benefit of tbe good opinion . Still actions speak louder than words ; therefore , I say , test them : the proof cf the pudding will then be in the eating ; and I fed assured never was a better opportunity . Hanuy and others have to be tried , although out on bafl . It is certain , without legal assistance they can have no chance , and counsellors will not work for nothing ; on the contrary , they are expansive ge » - tlemen , therefore I say to the working men cf Sheffield , try how far they pity and are ready to assist you . . Call upon them individually , and most respectfully—for they are fond of homage . Solicit
a trifle for tho defence of your sincere friends : t they refuse , why you will have nothing to thint them for ; and then , without a word , go about yotr business . It will show at once their real disposition and intentions . And , my friends , not onl / will you be convinced , but remember funds—ayt , ample funds—are and will be wanted to defeni the victims of that hydra-headed monster , cl . - ; a legislation . Bs the sum got from them ever 10 small , it will be of use . Wait upon the Complete Suffrage gentry for the sanio laudable purpose they can but refuse , and , as in White ' s case , write " No . " Let this be done instantly : 'twill prove beyond the power of dispute what ia to be ex pected from the middle class . "
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The Portrait of T . Dunc © mbe- "rill be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 th . They will be in the hands of all the Agents by November 16 t& ; The charge for the Star on the day tbe Portrait of Duneombe is distributed will be tbe samu as the charge for it on the day thePatition Plate was delivered . The 83 . 6 d . noticed on the 22 nd , aa from a few friends , Deptford , should have been Dartford . Mr . Arthur omitted to say how an answer could be sent . . ' -. ' . ¦ Joseph Newbold , Carlisle .- —Mr . Hudson , of ( W * dewrgaU , gets a parcel of Stars . Call upon hiUi and enter your name . The Plate of the Peittioa due to you , will be enclosed in bis next parcel of : Duneombe .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . 5 . & From Mr . Ellis , Finsbury 0 1 - a pure republican , Mellor ... ... 0 1 0 « . Cardiff , per B . Jones ... ... ... 0 8 6 -. J . F ., Danfermline ... ... ... 0 0 9 * . a friend , Goolc ... ... 0 0 2 ~ D . B ., Horsforth ... 0 J 8 ~ a few friends in the village of Larkhall near Glasgow ... 0 IS 0 ~ the Chartists of Holme-lane , near Bradford ... ... ... ... 0 D ' ~ T . H . Bangor ... ... 0 3 ° ^ Kingstown , Cumberland ; .. ... 0 10 .. Mrs . Hartness , Brown ' s-row , Carlisle 6 5 .. ' . ' " ^ Doncaster , per Q . B . Coomors ... 0 3 « „ Halifax and neighbourhood ... ... 4 0 x „ a friend , Tillicotdtiy ... ... > ... 0 I 6 ~ the Chartlsta of Honley ... ... 0 fi * , a few Printers at Stansfield Mill , near Littleborough ... ... ... 0 5 ? « a few friends at Preston , per G . Halton ... ... ... ... ... 0 3 0
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From a pure republican , Mellor ... ... 0 1 J „ tho Chattista of Newport , Isle of ¦ Wight ... ... ... .,. 0 3 0
The Jn T Orthern Star. Saturday, November 5, 1842.
THE JN ORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 5 , 1842 .
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TO AGENTS . —Those agents who have not got their Plates are requested to send in theib Orders fob them immediately , as the Parcels will be forwarded earlt next Week-
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THE "ANTI-MONOPOLISTS . " We call attention to a correspondence elsewhere inserted , between the Hull Chartist Councillors and the Corresponding Secretary to the Anti-Monopolist Association of that town . We guess the Corresponding Secretary will wish he had let the Chartists alone . 'Tig not the first time he has " burnt his fingers" with them .
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REGISTERING OF CHARTIST MEETINGHOUSES . We have frequently been applied to for infbrmationjupon this subject , especially since an infamous fellow , who alike disgraces the priesthood and the magistracy , prosecuted , and caused to be imprisoned , a good Chartist for preaching in an unlicensed room . There is certainly no meanness to which faction will not stoop for the attainment of its ends ; and hence the necessity , which we have bo often inculcated , of our paying the most strict and punctilious attention to even those forms of law which , from our having no power over them , cannot command our respect . Hence , therefore , we give , with great pleasure , for the guidance of our friends , the following instructions for registering places of worship , from the 22 nd George III . c . 155 . -
This act requires " that the place where worship is intended to be performed , shall be certified ' to the bishop of the diocese , or to the archdeacon of the archdeooonry ; or to the justices of the peace at the general or quarter sessions of the peace for the county , riding , division , city , town or place in -which such meeting shall be held . "—Application may therefore be made to either of these tribunals for " a certificate" of registry , addressed to the tribunal , from whioh the certificate is intended to be obtained , as follows : —
"TotheBfght Reverend the Lord Bishop of ( here M up the name of the diocese J and to his Registrar ; or , To the Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of ( here fill up the name of the Archdeaconry ) in the diocese of ( here fill up the name of the diocese ) or To Her Majesty ' s Justices of the P « ace for the ( here fill up thebUxnkwith ihecountt , riding division , $ c ) at the General or Quarter Session * of the Peace assembled .
I ( fill up the name ) of ( fill up the place of residence ) in the county of do hereby certify that ( here fill up the description of building , such as a dwelling house ) and premises situate at in the parish of in the county of end now in the holding and occupation of ( here fill up person ' s name ) are intended to be used as a ' place of religious worship , by an assembly or congregation , of protestonts ; and I hereby request you to register and record the same , according to the provisions of an act
passed in the 52 ad year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third , intituled , " An Act to repeal certain Acts , and amend other A eta , relating to religious worship and assemblies , and persons teaching and preaching therein ; and I hereby request a certificate thereof , for which I am willing to pay two shillings and sixpence in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament . Witness my hand this day of ' in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and . "
The blanks ia the above form must be ^ filled up to meet the circumstances of the case , copied oh the second side of a sheet of paper , and signed by the person applying for the licence . A like copy to be made on the third side of the sheet , and underneath the following form : — I ( here leave three lines for the name and description 0 / the person signing the certificate ) do hetebj certify , that a certificate , of which the above is a true copy , was this day delivered to . me to be registered and recorded pursuant to the Act of Parliament therein mentioned . Dated this— ———day of- —¦ 18——"
Upon tbe above document being delivered , or forwarded , free , of expense , to the pen-on who is required to sign the certificate , with two shillings and sixpence , he will fill up and 6 igu the . certificate , tear off and return the second half sheet , and then the place intended for worship will be duly certified . Should any rules be laid down by the persons authorised to grant such certificates , of course they must be followed , the instructions above given are in conformity to the practice of several diseases .
Attention to this subject will save from severe penalties the occupier of the place where worship ia performed—the person teaohing or preaching therein—aud the persous forming the congregation . The persons assembli&g in such places will then be protected by law , aj by the same Act it is enacted , " That if any person or persons , at any time after the passing of t ^ is Act [ 29 th July , 1812 ] , do and shall wilfully and maliciously , or contemptuously , disquiet or disturb any meeting , assembly , or congregation -jf persons assembled for religious worship , permitte d or authorized by this Act . or any former Aot or Acts of Parliament , or shall in any way
disturb , molest , or misuse any preacher , teacher , or person of&oiating at such meeting , assembly , or con-« r egation , or any person or persons there assembled , ' . < uoh person or persens so offending , upon proof thereof before any Justice of the Peace by two or more credible witnesses , shall find two sureties to be bound by recognizances , in the penal Bum of fifty pounds , to answer for Buch offence , and in default of such sureties , shall be committed to prison , there to remain till the next General Quarter Sessions ; and upon conviction of the said offence at the said General or Quarter Sessions , shall suffer the pain and penalty of Forty Pounds . "
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village . nve pounds' weight of butter to sell . Hating learned that in Campaie , about fifteen miles ott , a certain price could be obtained—one p « nny a pound more than he expected in Balfron—the girl was ordered , if she did not obtain the higher price in the village , to walk to Campsie with her basket The result was , that Iho girl had to trudge to Campsie and back , about thirty miles , to gain five pence for her money-makmg master . It is needless to say that her master dul not agree to keep the servant i « shoes . —Dundee Herald . ^
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR .
Tnat With Saving A Penny.—A Farmer, In The Neighbourhood Of Tiallron, Sent His Servant Girl Last Week To
tnat with Saving a Penny . —A farmer , in the neighbourhood of tiallron , sent his servant girl last week to
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 5, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct455/page/4/
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