On this page
- Departments (3)
- Adverts (8)
-
Text (9)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
2$aitfcrtqii& tot
-
<&tt'mnaV Cormsuouncuce
-
Untitled Article
-
BROTHER JONATHAN TO JOHN BULL.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Ad
PETER BUSSEY thanks his Friends , who have Jl visited New York , for their Patronage , and begs to inform them that he is now Sole Proprietor of the House No . 2 , Front Street , New York , where his Friends c * n be Accommodated Comfortably , and on the most Reasonable Terms .
Untitled Ad
TO TBS BEADING CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . _ 7
Untitled Ad
ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , HAVING devoted his Studies for many Years to ^ tbe ^ snccessful Treatment of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in all its various Forms ; also , to the frightful consequences resulting from that destructive practice , " Self Abuse , " may be personally consulted from Nine in the Morning \\\\ Ten at Night nd on Sundays till Two , at IS , TRAFALGAR STREET , NORTH STREET , Leeds , and even Thursday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Bradford " , from Ten till Five . In recent case 3 a perfect Cure is completed within Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after thai period , and Country Patients , by making ODly one personal visit , will receive such Advice and Medicines that will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual Cure , when all other T ^ pang hare
Untitled Ad
IMMEDIATE RELIEF MAY BE OBTA 1 NED , AND A CURE ESTABLISHED IN A FEW DAYS , IBY THE USE OF THAT- ADMIRABLE SPECIFIC , TTOLLAND'S BALSAM OF SPRUCE . The Cheapest and best Remedy in the # orld for COUGHS , COLDS , INFLUENZA , INCIPIENT ASTHMA , and CONSUMPTION . This extraordinary Remedy relieves th © most distressing symptoms of recent Cold and Cough in a few hours , and a little perseverance is . its use will , in every case , effect a permanent Cure . Cougha and Coida , accompanied by difficulty of breathing , soreness aad rawn « ss of the chest , impeded expectoration , sore throat , and ftwemh symptoms , will be quickly sufedaed , while its use will assuredly prevent cons&nction from this prolific
Untitled Ad
EVERT NUMBER NOW IN PRINT . BEAUTIFUL NEW MUSIC . TO FLUTE , FLAGEOLET , VIOLIN , CLARIONET , KENT BUGLE , AND CORNOPEAN PLAYERS . THAT celebrated Monthly Periodical , THE FLTJTONICON , gives every beautiful tune that becomes popular- In its pages will be found , for the small price of Eightpence Monthly , not only every tune that is popular , but every tune that is likely to become so ; all new Copyright Melodies of merit being inserted here . Nos . to 84 are already published ; any of which may be had at 8 d . per Number , or sent , Post-paid , to any part of the Kingdom by enclosing Is . As a specimen of the contents of some of the Numbers , tie following is submitted , namely : —
Untitled Ad
44 , ALBION STREET , LEEDS . IN CASES of SECRECY consult the TREATISE on every Stage and Symptom of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in its mild and most alarming forms , just published , by Messrs . PERRY and CO ., Surgeons , No . 44 , Albion-street , Leeds , Private Entrance in the Passage ; and 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , and given gratis with each Box of PERRY'S VVRIFYINQ SPECIFIC PILLS , price 2 a . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and 11 s . per Box , containing a full description of the above complaint , illustrated by Engravings , shewiDg the different stages of this depbrable and often fatal disease , as well as the dreadful effects of Mercury , accompanied with plain and practical directions for an effectual and speedy cure , with ease , secrecy , and safety , without the aid of Medical assistance .
Untitled Ad
Shipwreck . —The barquo City of Edinburgh , bound from London to Sydney with passengers and a general cargo , was wrecked off Fliuder ' s Island , in July . The vessel and cargo were destroyed , but so lives lost . Fatal Accidejct . — On Thursday , in last week , the painters employed in repairing aud beautifying the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury , repaired to their work as usual . Most of them had been out holiday-making tbe previous night , and had not bad any rest : owing to the intensity of the cold , they heated a large pan of charcoal in the room in which they
Untitled Ad
OLD PARR'S LAST WILL & TESTAMENT . A MOST singular document has recently been brought to light , and is now in the possession of the Rev . Wh . Abtheb , of East Peckham : it appears to have been written by the celebrated OLD PARR , who attained the . almost incredible age of one hundred and fifty-two years , and who left this document to a relation : it is written on parchment , and although upwards of two hundred years old is in an excellent state of preservation . The following is an extract : — "These do certifie yt ye undermentioned is ye
Untitled Article
From O * lottdem GmeeikofFriday , January $ . BAMCRBPII . James Pops and Joseph Beech , brush-makers , Manchester , to snrrender January 18 , and February 0 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Room , Manchester . Williams , Coleman-street , London ; Law , Manchester . John Higham , victualler , Birmingham , January 10 , and , February 1 » , at eleven , at the New Royal Hotel , Birmingham . Chaplin , Qray ' s-inn-square , London ; Harrison , Birmingham . John Oldroyd , Jonathan Clegg , Joseph Bailey , Matthe-sr Healey , and John Bromley , jun ., woollen-millers , Batley Carr , Yorkshire , January 29 , at twelve , and February 10 , ' at eleven , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Hall , Aldermanbury , London ; Scholes , Dewsbury , Yorkshire . ¦
Ellas Lindo , coal-merchant , Kingsland , Middlesex , January 13 , at one , and February IB , at eleven , at the Ceurt of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; Lind * . Fenchurch-street . Thomas Jackson , corn and coal merchant , St . Margaret , Norfolk , January 21 , and February 19 , at ten , at the Duke ' s Head Inn , Norfolk . Flower , Bread-street , Cheapside , London ; Taylor and Sons , Norwich . George Wilson and Jonathan Badger , victuallers , Birmingham . January 22 , and February 19 , at two , at the New Royal Hotel , Birmingham . Taylor , Field , Sbarpe , and Jackson , Bedford-row , London ; Rylaud , Birmingham . ,
Henry Hindley and Joseph Hmdley , cotttn-spinners , Halsbaw-moor , Lancashire , January 27 , and February 19 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , Boltou . Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln's Inn-flolds , London ; Grundy , Bury . Mary Evans , John Evans , and Thomas Howard Evans , paper-manufacturers , Pump-row , Old-streetroad , January 19 , and February 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-buildings ; Wewbon and Evans , Wardrobe-place , Doctors' Commong . James Bingley , brush-maker , Henrietta-street , Cavendish-square , Middlesex , January 15 , at one , and February 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Green , official assignee , Aldermanbury ; Randall , Weibeck-street , Cavendish-square . Richard Perkins , upholBterer , Islington , January 1 $ , and February 19 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pennel , official assignee ; Paia and Hatherby , Great Marlborough-street
Joseph Ankers , grocer , Birmingham , January 23 , and February 19 , at one , at the New Royal Hotel , Birmingham . Church , Bedford-row , London ; James , BirmiDgham .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . C . | Eraett and J . Hall , furriers , Liverpool . —I . Cooke , H . E . Robson , G . Cooke , and I . B . Cooke , cottonbrokers , Liverpool ( so far as regards I . Cooke ) . —C . and A . Masper , opticians , Bolton-le-Moors , Lancashire . —J . Holland , W . Holland , S . Holland , and J . Holland , worsted stuff manufacturers , Halifax , Yorkshire . —T . K . Finlay , R . F . Alston , and J . Thomson , merchants , Liverpool . — W . Dieseldorf , and A . Hahn , commissionagents , Liverpool . —W . Harrison and J . Wainwright , engravers , Church , Lancashire . —J . Richardson and J . Hoiliday , tailors , Liverpool . —W , Eliet and T . Lister , carpet-merchants , Leeds . —J . Evans , E . Evans , and W . Crosaley , iron-founders , Royton , Lancashire ( so far as regards W . Croasley . )
Untitled Article
From the London GamtU of Tuesday , 3 anv * ry , 12 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Hall , Jun ., linen-draper , Barton-upon-Humber , Lincolnshire , January 22 , and February 22 , at one , at the George Inn , Kingston-upon-Hull . Tilson , Squance , and Tilson , Coltman-street , London ; Peter and Robert Wells , Hull . John Walker , silversmith , Chester , Jan . 22 , and Ftb . 23 , at twelve , at the Green Dragon Inn , Chester . Bridger , Finabury-circus , London ; Francis and Dodge , Liverpool . James Blacket , flax spinner , Stokesley , Yorkshire , Feb . 2 , and 23 , at twelve , at the Vane Arms , Stockton . Bartrnni , Bishopsgate-street-within , London ; Wilson and Faber , Stockton , Durham .
Alexander , Henry , and Richard Brown , plasterers , Liverpool , January 26 and February 23 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool Worthlngton and Holt , Liverpool ; Taylor , Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedfordrow , London . Thomas Robson , soap manufacturer , Liverpool , January 23 and February 23 , at twelve , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Cornthwaite , Doctors * Commons , London ; Cornthwaite , Liverpool . Robert Wilson , steam-engine-builder , Newcastleupon-Tyne , February 8 , at eleven , and 23 at two , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Neweastle-upon-Tyne . Matthew Foruter , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Battye , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane , London .
George Nicholson , baker , Manchester , January 23 , and' February 23 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' - rooms , Manchester . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Temple , London ; Crossley and Sudlow , Manchester . Henry Rawdon , brush-manufacturer , York , January 28 , and February 23 , at eleven , at the Guildhall , York . Brooke , Featheratone-buildings , London ; Hodgson , York .
Untitled Article
NICE DOINGS OF THE HULL POLICE OFFICERS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —As your paper is truly the people's paper , and is devoted to the exposure of abuses , wherever they exist , 1 trust you will give insertion to the following statement , and allow me to put a few questions to certain parties , maintained at the public expence , whose misdoings the local press , both Whig and Tory , refuse to bring before the public eye : —We have in our police force a' sergeant , who was , before he got his present
office , coachman to . one of the liberal magistrates of tbis Borough , from which service he was dismissed as incompetent , on account of his intemperate habit * . To support this petty despot in his tyrannical and disgusting pranks , 1 , in common with my brother ratepayers , am annually taxed in a good round sum ; and , as I thi » k that he who pays is the master , and he who gets his wages is the servant , and as it is on ail hands allowed that the servant is accountable to the master for the way in which he discharges his duties , I , as one of the masters of this sergeant , take the liberty of asking him the following questions : —
First— . DM not Smithson , No . 49 , take out of a box loclter , in the house of Blith , in Chafer ' s Alley , twentyfire sovereigns , at the time of the said Blith's apprehension on a charge of felony ? Second—Did not he take the said money from No . 49 , contrary to law ; it being required that the person who finds stolen property , or what is suspected of being stolen , shall produce the same in Court on the trial ? Third—Did not he swear at Beverley that he took the money out of the box , and was not this an attempt , by wilful perjury , to rob No . ' , of the credit due to his vigilance , and to represent his own exertitns in a light which was not warranted by the facts of the case ? Fourth—Has not he , in more instances than one , been found drunk when on duty ; and has he not been shielded from the consequences by friends in high places ?
Fifth—Did not he , on a late occasion , with one of the force , go t « a beer-shop , kept by one Coverdale , on the Ilnverley road , against whom he had a spite , tor the purpose of getting him into trouble , and , finding the door closed , did he not op « n the window , which the inmates had neglected to secure , and enter the house without giving any previons alarm , and force his way into the chamber where Coverdale and his wife were sleeping , and when they sprung up , on account of the noise in the room , did he not flash his lantern full upon theni , and make use of indecent language ; and is not Coverdalo afraid to bring him beforo his superiors lest he should be injured in his business f Sixth—Was not a statement of the facts relative to this affair of Coverdale ' s sent to three of the Hull papers , and , instead of being published , handed over to the accused Sergeant , and by him and the repjrters consigned to forgetfulnesa ?
If the above questions can be satisfactorily answered , let them be so ; if not , then , as one of tho 3 e who have to pay the piper , I call upon the Watch Committee to institute the necessary enquiries , and dismiss this unworthy official from thesituation ho holds . Before I conclude , 1 wish to ask Inspector Cudwortb if it be true , as stated , that he swore" at Beverley , that he took four geese frem George Richardson , who had stolen them at South-lane , when in fact , they were taken from him by Sergeant Dossoe , who took him into custody , -and who is thus deprived of the credit ? I have been told that the proper course is , to bring a complaint before the Watch Committee—to that I have two objections , one is , that the Committee are Whigs ; and the other is , that with the men in authority , the delinquents are favourites ; any complaints , therefore , against them , would produce no really beneficial result But the press will make the public acquainted with the matter , and that may lead to an efficient investigation .
All I ask , is , that these plain questions may be plainly ansWered . Justice to all parties , is all I seek . I am , Sir , i . * Your obedient servant , . A HULL RaTKPATBR . Hull , Jan . 8 , 1841 .
Untitled Article
WAKEFIELD HELL . —THE HORRIBLE SILENT SYSTEM . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , — Although theTiublication of these letters waa rather abruptly closed , I feel confident that it will be a sufficient apology to your readers to state , that it was in consequence of my incessant occupation with the Scottish demonstrations . I now resume my painful details of the warkings of the Bystem , but I must confine myself to a very few instances . To go through all , would occupy your whole space , for some time . I begin with a simple fact , to the truth of which a respectable shopkeeper in Leuds can testify . Sonio time in July
Untitled Article
last , a poor destitute young man named Johnson , was arrested at Leeds , for begging ; his only alternative between starvation or stealing . For this ( legal vagrancy ) h « waa committed to Wakefield House of Correction . When he arrived at his destination , he was clad in the prison dress , the jacket of which was numbered 449 . Unfortunately the poor fellow was subject to fits , and though this was quite well known , yet he was ordered to the tread mil ] , the wheel of which is so constructed that if from any cause a man should lose his hold , he is sure to be pitched on his head , from a height of twelve or fourteen feet Notwithstanding this , the poor wretch was compelled to mount , and as might have been , and there can be little doubt was , expected , he had not been long on until he uttered a pitiful scream , was seised with a fit , and fell ; whether oh his head or not I am not certain , I happening to be in » room called the
mop room at the time . They certainly did pick him up , and brought him into the room in a state of complete exhaustion . Had the poor fellow then expired , we should probably have heard that a " Coroner's Jury " had " sat upon the body , " and returned , as their verdict , " Died in a fit of apoplexy , " or " Died by the visitation of God ; " yet , under such circumstances , would ' not strict justice have required a verdict of wilful and . deliberate murder against the governor , Shepherd , and the officers concerned f Although even in Wakefield Hell , where all are wretched , and sought to be brutalized , there may have been hardened convicted criminals , yet I think there were none so lost to feeling ; as the unconvicted criminals who were guilty of the conduct described . There were many whose hearts would bleed in secret at such a sight , but not a man , even under such circumstances , durst quit his seat without first obtaining leave of the officers .
A statement like the foregoing might be doubted , if resting upon my unsupported testimony ; but to place it beyond doubt , I took a shopkeeper afterwards to the lodgings of the poor victim , and from his own lips , took the statement which I have given you . Bat I have seen others , afflicted like Johnson , with fits , who , when they fell from their seats , were seiaed and dragged about in a brutal manner by one of Shepherd ' s spies , called an " officer . " . As my time drew to-a close , I determined to look about me and commit to memory some of the villames that daily took place . I accordingly watched their dealings with a poor idiot lad . No . 237 , who sat in front of me ; he was first sent for three days to solitary confinement , for looking about him , or some such petty
offence . After this he became quite sullen , and not being able to sit up , kept placing his head between his knees through weakness . While in this state , a little lad , who sat near him , having been released from the solitary cell , and being very hungry , made signals to the poor idiot for a piece of bread , which the latter immediately gave to his fellow-sufferer . For this act « f humanity the idiot boy was taken and again put into solitary confinement for three days . This sort of punishment was continued till the lad could not ,-through weakness , sit upright ; he was thea place ' &on the doctor ' s list , to be strengthened with drugs . Lest
this statement should be denied by the kind and faithful Shepherd , I mentioned the matter to the chaplain , gave him the lad ' s number , and begged him to intexfere , but whether he did so or not , I cannot tell . In this manner , there are hundreds of unfortunate beings now treated in her Majesty ' s prisons . They dare not complain , that would be an additional offence . " Oh ! but there are visiting magistrates , why do they not complain to them ! " I will tell you why in my next In the meantime , I am , Mr . Editor , Yours , &c . George White .
Untitled Article
THIRD LETTER TO THE QUEEN . " Cover your heads , and mock not flash and blood With solemn reverence ; throw away respect , , Tradition , form , and ceremonious duty , For you have but mistook me all this while . " Stiakspeare . It was left to chance whether the King of Hanover or you , Madam , should reign over us . Chance decided in your favour , and , I will say , in ours . But ought the ruler of a mighty nation to be a come-by chance 1 Does this befit the most reasoning people on earth f Hereditary monarchy is a chance-monarchy : our chapter of kings it a chapter of chances , or , rather , of mischances ; iike little children we have closed our eyes and taken
what chance sent us . Chance crowned yon , and whether you had a knowledge of good , or of evil , or none at all , it was all the same to chance . We referred our misery , or happiness , to chance ; chance drew the lot for us ; it turned up a painted queen , a trump for the Whig gamblers , who won us from the Tories ; for we win nothing—we are but the stake that is played for . But , by such negation of ourselves , do we not confess that we have no judgment ; that we are mere stocks and stones , heritable property ; that we have no choice and no concern in the matter ; that it is of no moment to U 3 who or what is king T We do not leave our other affairs to chance ; and yet this , the most
important of all , since it materially affects , if it does not dispose of the rest , is left to a kind of predestination without election , a fate in which we have ho will . What is the consequence ? The chance-made king deems himself chosen of God and irresponsible to man . The land is his by divine heirship , and we that are upon it : —all is his own , and he has a right to do what he likes with his own 1 What does he like ?—Judging from the fact , he likes to plague his people , and t » play the devil ; as if God , who made the earth , and saw that it was good and fit for the happiness of man , had sent a king to make a hell of his nether paradise . Let us pursne this subject a little further .
Take the first girl you meet—she may be seeking her father ' s asses , for thus was the lad Saul employed when a priest anointed him the first kjng of the Jews—choose her by chance , if I may so speak—seat her on a stool called a throne—put a stick into her band called a sceptre—a cap , tailed a crown , upon her head—let old men , dressed like women , and called bishops , pour oil on her hair—and fools in fine clothes , lords and ladies , bow the knee to her as they pass—let great officers who , if the size of their salaries be an indication of their usefulness , are veTy important personages indeed , give her long wands , or swords , or knick-nacks , that they may immediately receive them
from her again—let all the people huzza at the sight of those monkey-mummeries , and hail her , their queen , with cries of long life to her t Let her be taught to say we when speaking of herself , and our when speaking of us—give her all power , and honour , and dominion , with ample means to maintain * it all—let it , on all occasions , be said to her , that the safety of all her subjects depends upon her , who , poor thing . ' ctuld not save herself from any one of themabove all , regard her as God ' s visible head upon earth . Now , what effect would all this admirable foolery have
upon her ? Would it not turn her head , and case her heart in pride J Would she not , like poor ChrLstoph ' Sly , be overcome by the well-acted farce around , forget herself , and queen it , in the vulgar sense of the word ? Would she not , even if previously fit for empire , be rendered unfit ? In short , would she not live in a dream ? And what could awake her ? Truth ! but that she would never hear . Disease ! aye , that alone could cure her . Then might she say to her idolator 3—" I live with bread like you—feel want , taste grief , Need friends—subjected thus ,
How can you say to me—I am a Queen !" Time , death , these would still exercise over her a power more arbitrary than that which she was permitted to exercise over her meanest subjects . Now , it would be worth while making a queen , and maintaining her at all this cost , if we cauld exalt the creature so made above the ills of mortality ; or if she could exempt us from them . But it is spent in vain , worse than vain , when , by making a queen , we unmake a woman , corrupt a Christian , and , not herself alone , but all who pay court to her and kiss her hand for favours
unworthily bestowed , honours unmerited . Formerly the kings and queens of England arrogated miraculous power . This had been something ; but , like all the rest , it was a mere mockery . I believe that good Queen Anne was the last that was persuaded she possessed it * She touched Dr . Johnson to cure him of king ' s evil , but the poor doctor did not get rid of it , but with his life . The sovereign people have been long degraded and tormented by this disease , and they alone can cure themselves ; this must be done by touching you for it .
Madam , you are styled the nursing-mother of your people . John Bull is a great baby to be still at nurse ; and I think you may reasonably be afraid that he will some day soon leap out of your little arms . A nursing-mother I yea , I trust you ate literally so now , and that , while you ga « with maternal fondness on the babe that milks you , you sometimes think ef the many mothers who smile to see their babies die , thanking God , that there will be one slave the less . You do not know , but you should know , that though your state may be as sweet to you as sugar , it is procured for you by similar tasks , at the expenee of similar tortures . The labour * f white slaves is not less toilsome , nor less in vaiu as to themselves , than that of black slaves , and their wrongs are greater , because , their delusions are so . But the injury to individuals is the
Untitled Article
- ^ " least evil induced by your state ; the deplorable saetK flees of talents and virtues to vices and folliei is of fjj greater consequence . A queen should herself be « personification of truth and justice ; but , if a * possession of these attributes were made , as jg wisdom they ought to b # , an indispensiy requisite in the possessor of power , would you not be compelled to put off your royal robes , and to give place to many of the daughters , even of you poorest subjects ?
What do the people receive In return for deprivia . themselves of all to give to you ?—Ingratitude ! Yoi seem to think that they can never do enough for yeiL and that you cannot neglect and make them suffer too much . They defray the cost of your court , and th Court Circular is weekly published for them to real From it they have the satisfaction to learn that , whfl » they are destitute of food , clothing , and saving know . ledge—while they are driven to Ball their goals for tt » support of their bodies , you are treating your prisM favourite to a sumptuous banquet , or presenting him with a splendid piece of plate—L # rd Jotaa is out i shooting—Palmerston paying a visit to some nobl » lord in the country , where the entertainments are on «
grand scale , and Lord Normanby ' s game hand is got yet hsaled . This is all they get for all they giT * , honesty is weighed with policy and found wanting- ^ systematic attempt is made to destroy the nation ^ spirit , and all sense of honour , wherever it exiit » Political rakes rule by trick , not principle , and having no virtues to exhibit for admiration , strive to gaj » sympathy by a pitiful reiteration of those diaeawi which their own excesses have brought on . Eti quetj , is all in all ; but the people hare sworn by tie -woes of the wives whom they vowed to God to cherish—b y th * wants of the children whom they regard with frat « . nal fear , not hops , and by their own wants and wo « l compounded of both , they have sworn to
God" Never , while breath of life shall live Within them , never to forgive The accursed race , whose ruthless chain Hath left on Britain ' s neck a stain Blood , blood , alone , can cleanse again 1 " It is enough , methinks , to be subject to the inevitabi evils of life , without those superinduced and aggratjt , ing wrongs which bad governors inflict . Fancying that you were placed above them by Pro , vidence for their welfare , and kept by them for thdi honour and happiness , the poor people have IakW petitioned you again and again for redress , alleviation ,
or , at least , for mercy on the friends who have been cruelly treated for pitying them , but no answer conia be obtained . How can you feel for them ? If one in your own rank were suffering , you would sympathisebut the people are far beneath you—they are beyond the pale of your regard . Should any of their petitibm reach you , you must need an interpreter , jjt f those around you , who declare that you m a blessing and a glory , and who prevent the horizon of your view from extending beyond
them , will represent the petitioners as disaffected , ia& will readily be believed . You see nothing but luxorfej and smiling faces—how can there be poverty anddi » content in the land f Besides , you patrorjise chart , table institutions—what more can be expected from y « u ? ThiB more , ma ' am—that the people have an opportunity allowed them of earning an honest liyeli hood . They are too proud to depend on you , as you do on them ; but if they were dependant , they w < ral 4 not be ashamed of owning it , as you are .
The people have begged in vain for justice ; they * a not demand it in vain . They cannot comprehend whj it is that their ussfulness should be so useless to them selves , and that if you have the benefits of their useftV ness , they should find you so useless to them . But yol are so situated that the follies or faults of fashion ( follies tweome faults when unseasonable ) are of moi » interest to you than the well-being of the peopla Four Ministers make a footstool of the nation and a pla » thing of you : Lord Melbourne , by good-humoured freedom , spiced with eccentricity , has made himself youj favourite and your master .
The foreigner , too , whom you married , must le pleased at the expence of the people . While in » aj native English are dying of hunger , their last grout prevented from reaching your ears by music and dancing , large tracts of land are allotted for the presern tion of game and foxes , that the Prince , your husband , may always find good sport in hunting and shootiM The famishing people are told that population incraw too fast for support at home , and that they mut emigrate to make room for Germans , Now , it&oM of the rights of man to convert waste land to hisn » But what would then become of Prince Albert ' s rabbid
that breed tor foxes . Monkeys and dogs live in tbt Palace , and are fed from the Royal table , which tha people furnish forth , but are not allowed to taste , to touch , or to see . Horses have palaces reared for them , but the people are denied both mental and bedily food—are deprived of it . So corrupt is yourcouit-80 servile the senate , that I verily believe you nughl outdo Caligula , and crown a monkey King . The Lordi would sacrifice the people to you , but do you sacriflt * the Lords : do not be worse than Tiberius , who B&id that the senate met his wishes to enslave them * ixd that he wished the people to be as free as their owl thoughts .
In your name , your Ministers prosecute those patriot ! who indeed ought to take their places , for they art an honour to humanity and the pride of the peopto They will yet redeem their country from the sea of ink into which she has fallen . Your Ministers render your name odious to shelter their own obnoxious names They are the true traitors . You are employed by them to sign the death-warrants of criminals whose crime were caused by mal-administration , and you are instructed to honour and reward those who ought , in ' deed , to be disgraced and punished . The Queen of » Court prosecutes the men of the country , and a Parliament , not of the people , sanctions such abominv
tions . Where are the knights of Chartist chivalrythe lovers of liberty—the restorers of rights—the redressors of wrongs They have fallen into the t » p » set for them by law , and are now immured in stoiU cages . At York , we shall find the noble O'Connor ; tk Lancaster , the bold O'Brien ; the virtuous Vmctntii at Oakham ; the judicious Williams and the herolfi B-inns are at Durham , with many others in varionl places . The excellent M'Douall was recently of Chester Castle ; the philanthropic Lovett and Collins ot Warwicfc and the manly White was a victim in Wakefield ; to over the sea , the humane Frost is tortured in exile . I might easily extend this list of men worthy to 1 * legislators for a new and happier era . Why are t&J not your counsellors ?
Posterity will wonder , not that a female Sovereign and her effeminate Ministers thus disgraced themaelTesj but that the nation permitted itself to be so disgraced by a weak and corrupt Government . Bat , alas effeminancy , lika the sirocco , has gone through the land , and softened the spirits ef all the people , of all except the honest Chartists , who , alone , are worthy to ba called the people—they alone are the so ^ s ef Britain . All others are aliens in their own land they ton it not .
You call on the people , who must mourn your reign , to rejoice at the birth of a successor . The Bishop * bless it ; but their blessings are ominous . The peopl * are silent . John Bull must be coaxed or cowed . So long as his pasture is good , he may be kept quiet—b * may be cajoled ; but a lean pasture makes him rag » and roar . What , then ? he is not to be fid , but to be baited ; soldiers , whose red coats vex his eyes , «• sent to restrain him , but they inflame liinz more . lord * and ladies , out of danger , enjoy the fight , and reward with applause the policemen who are most skilful i » provoking and eluding hi « fury . What squibs s » thrust Into his sides to madden him t In Spain , tt » spectacle is reserved for grand occasions , but in Eng land it is constant ' ¦¦ -:
I sow conclude these epistles , which , I am sorry w think , will be more likely to please the people tbtf you ; but to the sovereignty of the people I p * my loyalty , not U yours . Think not , MadaOi that a true-born Englishman can own aUegisnfl to a Sovereign who is weakly governed W favourites that are no friends to the people , and vb * make her an object , not so much of pity , as « f to
tempt . Such creatures ought not to be suffered ; to exist , much less to govern us . I will not , at l «» rf » voluntarily submit to them ; whoever allow their names to be classed as slaves , or even as subject * under the debasing sway of a girl-Queen and a bed ' chamber Ministry , I beg that an exception be made in favour of- Juiri » s RDSilCl * Tillage , Dec . 30 th , 1840 .
2$Aitfcrtqii& Tot
2 $ aitfcrtqii& tot
≪&Tt'mnav Cormsuouncuce
< &tt ' mnaV Cormsuouncuce
Untitled Article
i c THE NORTHERN STAR . -
Brother Jonathan To John Bull.
BROTHER JONATHAN TO JOHN BULL .
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct533/page/6/
-