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THE" NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1841.
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN LEEDS.
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TROWBRIDGE DISTRICT DELEGATE MEETING . A THlegnle Meeting was held at From * , t ^~ setshire , in the Association Rooms , on » anday laoraing last . Delegates were present from the following places : — Trowbkidge Messrs . Stevens and HaswelL Bradford Mr . Holbrook . Wesxbubt Mr . Tucker . Feobe - Messrs . While and Haley . Moncktos Deverkl ... Mt . Tudgey . KrasTow Detzbel Mr . Garret * . Melksham ^ .. Messrs . Dowse and Taylor . Wabhisste * Mr . George . Mk « b ..... Mr . Mills . ilr , George waa unanimously elected to the chair , sad Mr . Baswell was appointed Secretary . Letters were read from the following places : — Shaflesbarw , Bradford , and the Executive .
The Cbaj&xax called on each delegate to state ¦ what progress they were miking in the Chartist cause in their ssreral localities . Mr . Stsvxss stated that the principles of Chartism trere still progressing in Trewbridge . Mr . Holbsook said that the cause was progressing in Bradford . He thought that the appointment of » lecturer would still be the means of doing much jjood . Mr . Tucker said the cause was going-on well ia Westb-ary . They had thliiy new members , but he was sorry to say tb * k iljey had got no room to meet jo .
Mr . "White said that with respect to Frome he was kappy to say that many had joined them of late , and wore would join ; bat the people were so poor that they were cot able to pay their weekly subscriptions . Messrs . Roberts and Phiip had paid them * visit last week , and had been the means of doing much good . Mr . Hjllet said that he thought the distributing of tracts in the different localities would be the means of doing a great amount of good , and he should bring-the subject forward at some early period . Mr . Txtdgey said that tracts would do but little good in his locality , as there were but few that could read to understand their contents ; bui a lecturer would do much better , as he would pare the way for the mind to read . Mr . Gakb . ett said that he was instructed to tell the delegates that a lecturer was xehcIi wanted in their district .
Mr . Dowse , of Melfcsham , said that he felt great pleasure in informing the meeting that -they were doing Tery well ; they were takin * in members every meeting night , and some very intelligent men had joined them ; they have had a little opposition , but that only makes our cause go on the better . Mr . Gkobgs . of Warminster , said that a lecture would do much good , but he was sorry to say they had no room to meet in . Mr . Mills , of Mere , said that they vrcre in a sad state for the want of a lecturer . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That 1 , 200 of the National Petitions be purchased for distribution in this district . "
a That this meeting approve of the plan recommended by the West o ? England delegate meeting , in the appointment of lecturers for Wilts , Somerset , and Gloucester ; and thit each delegate present do lay the matter before their constituencies . " u TLai each place do send to the County Secretrary , by Saturday the Id . ' a of November , " of what amount they can raise for the mon ; b . " " That Mr . Clark , of Bath , be appointed for a fortnight previous to the engaging of the regular monthly lecturer . " ' Thai W . P . Roberts , Esqi , and Mr . R . K . Philp , are recommended by this meeting to be fti and proper persons to represent the Counties of Wilts , Somerset , and Gloucestershire in the forthcoming Convention . '
u That the next monthly delegate meeting be held m the Democratic Chape ' i , Trowbrid ^ e , th 9 first Sunday in December , at ten o ' clock in the morning . " Eighteen shillings were then handed in from the different places for the Executive . A vote of thanks w& 3 then given to the Chairman , to the Seeretary , aad to the Fro ^ ie friends , fur their kind accommodation . All letters for the County Council to b- > sent to Mr . J . H&swelL 2 , Horiimer-strce ; , Trowi-ri ^ .
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NEWCASTLE . A letter was received from Jlr . O'Connor , on Satuiday , p . m ., stating thst he w-juld aiiress a public meeting , at eight o ' clock tha ; evening , and , no < wub . s « aL&diug the short Ep * ce au-- > v > e ; i vo announce the rce-iiEg , ail the seats in the kclure room , Kelson-street , ( which ean comfortably seat 1 5 i > 0 , ) was completely filled . A few muiui-es after tight , ilr . U'Cviiror , preceded by the Glass Hou =-e Baad , ¦ w ith hundreds of good men and true , arrivcu at the lecture-room , where ho was hailed by ihe most deafening peab . of cheering we ever hesxd . Mr . CAP . i ~ rui . ii 5 was unanimously tauid to the chair , and briefly opeaod uia proceedings by introducing ' M-. Si ^ clatb ,, who presented an address from the Chartists of Newcastle ; after which
ilr . O'Consob arose , and thanked them for that address , and said that he considered the confidence expressed therein was more than a fcScieiu remuneration for all he suffered for the cause of liberty ; and he looked upon it as an earcest . of what he might expect in future . On the incarceration of himseif and his brother Chartists , plain John Campbell declared he had consigned Char turn to a premature grave , inst-ead of which ho had sees so many demonstrations of the people ' s auachme :-: t to Chartism sines his liberation from his living grave , into which he had b = eu entorebsd for sixteen months , that he was convinced that the ciuse of Chartum had mightily progressed . The first ^ a ! : ocal Petition ha-i cos ; £ 2 , 000 in getting up , a :-d ha- 'l ou ' . y
som-3 1 . 2 oO , 000 signatures , "whertia the National Petition of 18 * 1 was an expence of osly £ 37 , aad hid upwards of 2 . 000 , 009 signatures ; aid he had no doubt , when the country is properly mcitated , that the prestn ; petition will exceed -i / j-.-u ' oi .-O signatures . Some mi * iht ask him what wi _ s the ca-j ; 3 oi this progression I He would aoiswer a ; caoe , ths general B \ t . ; n---. ' , distiess , not local , as some had falsely represciiud , for many of cur modern political economists ar ^ ue tha . s there mus t be periodical distress in some ] ocoiuie 3 of all conuserciai xiations . He ( ilr . ( J'C ) was a prac ' . ical agriculturist , and knewtha . this island was capable of producing a sufficiency to support- a population of I" 2 v » , 000 . 0 v 0 bein ^ i , iasieid of " 27 , ^ 00 , 00 J ( its present population . ]
Formerly the laud hsd been let into savs . l imms , oi from ten to Sf eea or tweciy &cres . Thc-s , iuwever , ha-d bwn united by the landlords into iar ^ re farms , which were let for ie = s thaa the Eiine q-jiUiity of gronud , let into sjr . all plots , would bring mem . The reason for ikis is ol-riois . ' Yon-are awjre that by the iaw of pr-inoieraiure , the oldest son inher . ^ ail his father ' s titles and estates . ( Hear , hinr , heir . ) Kow , there Ei : y be seven or ei ^ Ii : mors of the familvj and these have . all to be uiovidsd for ,-thtts r&soa-C 3 s th ^ refora are tie arr .-. y , the uavy , the ehurdi , and tisa learned proressions- ; b = t Uiatis bj : all , for they may also have tmiiliea to he provided for from the sacie s ju-ce . Thus you set the intertit of the ari £ t-3 cracy far letting the land in this -wiy , that they to
may have a House of Commons iubsorvi ^ it their wishes . Suppose that by letting on : thiir bnda in small portions , tiity csald realise £ 15 . Ut' 0 , 000 uiorerer , t ; yei by having the disjoral of tht anay , navy , the church , the learned preff « s : cr ;« , the Joeal autioriry , in zh <~ il , il by having tha disposii cf all places of irast , they c . 2 packet £ 2 cO , COD , o-oo a yesr , you es ° how s-rtit profilers they are- This is the rtisia why there are so lew £ G 0 tenact » -at will , for you are a ^ ire that they etk entraiiciiised by the Reform BuL TLLs is ihe reason ¦ cby lanOa are how let into farms o £ from tLrtj , I jut . or five hundred acres , ths iiaaioid snowing rl ^ hi \ r Cii that all such oecnpants most vote as they pkass . and give thsm a House of Coehiobs to pronioie iheir icitr-• ests , for so long as property is represented instead o !
the people , the owners of lhat prcptrty is sure to hav ; tive asc £ ndancy . Th ? same objection is tq-ially Eppiica ble to Household Suffrage , for its advoca ' . eo woald ' hvr one definition for " house" when agitating this subjee amongst you , an ' , another foi " Louse , " -when prettnd ing to pass it icta a tow , -whieh wonld render it eqaaU ; H 3 &vailable to the people , as they did the Lumbus o the Reform BiiL And , again , If tj Lcclisnl Honseholi fiuffrsga should Weome the law , tie landlords foong than be thwarted by the occcpints of hen ^ cs , ¦ wouit pall down half of the houses now standing—bousi building would become a thin ? almost unknown , whiel ¦ would render mechanics requisite for the ejection o hoosea entirely superfluous , with the exo&ption of a fev labourers , irbo mi ^ ht be employed in puliing dovn sucl houses as were erected before the hocsta becami
enlrancbified . A mistaken idea has txlsted , tkat th . interests of the shopkeepers and the manufactnters ari Identified . Vo idea could be more preposterous , fo manufacturers lire by production—the s > . opi . eepsrs b ; « aniumption ; thus you see the more produced and tin . lea paid for that production , the more profit to th manufacturer . Kit it is the very opposite with the shop kdipei , for as he depends upon the consumption , th lest psid for labour , the less the labourer can consume and , as a necessary consequenoe , his income is reduced ( at it is well known that wben work is doll the shop keepers are poor , and , on the contrary , when trade h txisk , the shopkeepers can make fortunes
bat let me show you , im another instance , the power oi tits manufacturer , an * the tffect of class-legislation . Suppose a manufacturer , for instance , has £ 2 , 000 lea ; profit , snd has one thousand mfcn employed receiving 15 « - a week , he tells them he cannot tfford to pay then a * mnch as before , and he redncea them to 13 s weekly ; 90 that by the reduction of 2 s . in each ct their wafts , he draws £ 3-200 a year , and instead of being £ 2 , O 0 C oat of pocket , by the dulceM of tra ^ e , ba actual ^ pockets £ 3 , 200 oat of the price of labour . The shopkeepers rcb the workiag classes in a amilar manner , for tbongh they pay the taxes directly , ytt the working Classes not eniy pay the taxes iadiree : iy , * bat pay tie stopkeepen a latge per e «\ a £ e fer doing eo . I
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excellently HJsstrated ia tbe -ease of « good old Irish -woman , who ased to Bit knitting in the corner , and made it * z « le to use a halfpenny candle nightly , from the 1 st of November until tbe fiat of March . Mrs . Brady , « * > on going over to the snap of Mrs . Bradley on the 1 st of Norember , ai usual , —yon have « ome for yaer eaadle , says Mrs . Bradley ; yea , «* y « Mis . Brady , euod threw down hsr halfpenny . Its a penny now , says Mrs . Bzadlay . Is ii , says the other t It vai has broken out , says Mn Biadley . An muahi , bad kwk to their tools , says Mrs . Brady , are they goingtoflght by candle light now f Thos yon see , for a tax of twenty per cent , laid npon tallow , the shopkeeper made poor Mrs . Brady pay cent per cent Mr . O'Connor then entered into an account of his agitation through Scotland , and his flhw « *«>< " » with Dr . Brewster , which was truly heart-cheering , and was responded to by the most deafening cheers throughout
Ab Mr . O'Connor ' s discussion with Brewster has already appeared , it will be superfluous to repeat it here . Mr . O'Connor gave some well-timed hints to the < l new more , " which I believe will make them for ever hide their faces in this locality . Mr . O'Connor spoke for two hoots and twenty minutes , and sat down amidst the most lively marks of satisfaction , evinced by cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . Mr . MoEG-iN then moved tbe Adoption of tbe National Petition , which was seconded by Mr . Cross , and carried unanimously . A special driller , who was beastly drunk , made several attempts to address the meeting , and arose for that purpose—( we understand his name is Parker ) but was so drunk that we could not make out a Ben ' tence of what he pretended to say .
Mr . O'Connor notified his intention of waiting to assist the Secretary in taking down the names of such as wished to be enrolled . There were sixty-two enrolled , who paid their contributions and took cards , beside * a good many who ' gave their names , and would call for theii cards oa Monday evening . The meeting broke up about midnight
The" Northern Star. Saturday, November Is, 1841.
THE" NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER IS , 1841 .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . "We must now pipe all hands ; every man must be on deck and perform his duty ; as we must shortly cast anchor alongside St . Stephens , and give another , and , we trust , a more " telling" broadside from our guns , ( which ara now better manned ) than on any previous expedition . The enemy ' s ship is now in a shattered conditioH , and ought long ago to have been laid in ordinary , if not completely broken
up . However , no : withstanding her crazy condition , the foe seem still determined to keep her in active service . The old cretv have paid themselves off , and she is now manned by another who in appearance are more warlike but who are in fact as imbecile and cowardly as their predecessors . This is well known ; therefore their ferocious aspect aud bullying tone will excito no feir among our men , who , we are persuaded , only require the word of command to rouse them to duty .
Our Admiral has been recently inspecting his men in the North , and from the favourable report he has given us of their spirit and determination , we think all i £ right in that quarter . Now we call all to be up and dein , and lose not a moment in preparing for the coming contest . Let all evince a spirit of emulation , and shew that no obstacle whatever shall cool their courage or diminish their zeal in the cause of universal freedom .
We have seen the firmness of our Chartist brethren evinced in the opposition given to the minions of corruption , who have traversed the length and breadth of the land to create division in our ranks . Hypocrisy and sophistry have intruded into our assemblies and bsen expelled , covered with merited disgrace ; brute force has raised its blood-stained arm against the adherents of our cause while in peaceful pursuit of the general interest ; and this monster has been compelled to make an inglorious retreat . From this we augur that our men are well-disciplined and that we shall go on from conquering to conquer , and that every attack will place us more firmly on the vantage ground .
> V e must now come to close quarters with our antagonists , and , casting aside all their assumed commisseration for existing distress , and all their hollow promises oi attention to the condition of the people , pin them down to the only remedy for the evils of the state—the adoption of the principles embodied in the People's Charter . We have had quantum svfficit of professions and promises . We can no longer repose confidence in faction . We demand eqtial justice for ell , and from this demand we will not , cannot , swerre .
Chartists , you have before you that admirable document , the National Petition , which does unspeakable honour to your Executive , and casts the lauded compositions of our college-bred legislators into the shade . It is the productidn , not of mere theorists , but of practical men , and its every line bears the stamp cf equity and truth . It has been subm tt ? d to your consideration ; it has been the subject of deliberation at your various gatherings ; it has mst with your unanimous approval , and we now feel it our duty to call upon yon to consummate the work so ably begun .
Kiiherto the Executive have nobly , zealously and faithfully discharged their duty , and now you , individually must , and we believe will , perform yours . Let every member of the National Charter Association take the affair into his own hands , as though the fate of the Petition depended entirely on his own individual exertions . Let him take a copy of the petition , with sheets for signatures , to his own home , and at each leisure hour ( and alas ! too many of
you have too many such hours ) visit his neighbour ' s nooses and obtain their signatures . Not a street , lane , or alley must be neglected . But mind , let every signature attached to the petition be genuine . We know that Plague" petitions have mergsd from private manufactories ; but we want no fictitious names attaching to our petition ; we have more than the required number of sterling Chartists , and the names of such are now all we require . Up then ! and the
FOUS BHZiLZONS will soon be ia array to the terror of earth's proud tyrants . Yes , the effect of this yoor petition vrill be gall and wormwood to all the despots of the earth , and it will elate the drooping npirita of every dave under their fell dominion . A great responsibility rests npon the Chartist missionaries at the present juncture . The effect of
their industry must now be made manifest by the number of signatures procured in the field of their labours . They have certainly laboured most sedulously in the culture of the minds of the people , and now it may be reasonably expected that the fruit will be produced . They must labour in its collection . Each must be prepared with petitions and petition sheets , and , at the conclusion of every lecture , present their sheets to the audience for
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signatures . We have always viewed the missionaries as pioneers in our cause , who have been preparing the way for the coming struggle , and most nobly have ( hey done their duty , and having arrived at the present stage in our career , we feel confident they will now be at their post , aad lose not a moment in tbe performance of this their doty . The responsibility resto not , alone with the missionaries : every local agitator , and every officebearer , must now , without the least delay , use every
effort in contributing to perfeot the work . Not a single meeting must be allowed to terminate without having an accession of numbers to the petition ; and this must be begun instantes . A most stn . pendons work is to be performed within a limited period , and on the manner in which the work is performed , greatly depends the fate of the nation . Diligence and perseverance is now required to give success to our efforts . In the name of a suffering community , we ask it on the part of oar Associated brethren , and we know that we shall not ask in
vain . O'Connor waits the fulfilment of your promises , and expects that the various localities , will be propared with their tens of thousands of recordedCha-rtists as he visits each district . We hear that many , very many , localities are strenuously exerting themselves to complete the required number . We rejoice at hearing of their diligence , bnt we say all , ALL to the work , and let as speedily have that pill for the
Tories—FOUR MILLIONS ! S That is the number . We must not have less . We are extremely sorry to learn that in one or two localities a few pragmatical and thin-skinned individuals have become incorporated with the Association , and have recently disturbed the harmony of the meetings , by the introduction of extraneous matter ! the venting of private piques , and the ebullition of anger at every proceeding not squaring with , their own caprice . Such conduct ought not to be tolerated ; however , as we have good reason for believing that this has been but too frequently the case , we shall , without fear of giving offence , pronounce all parties guilty of such conduct hereafter as the
most insuperable stumbling-blocks in oar path . Union is our motto and without it we shall continue in our present abject and degraded state . Those who create unnecessary broils by the introduction of matter foreign to the declared object of the Association , are its most deadly foes . They are not Chartists , in the strict sense of the term . They will , we confidently calculate , be found not only lukewarm in the furtherance of the petition ; but actually to throw impediments in the way . Thank God , this evil is not wide spread ; yet circumscribed as it is , we must caution our good men and true to be on the alert . Admonish the disturbers , and should they etill remain refractory , then tura them over to their friends—the Whigs or Tories .
O'Connor , as you will perceive by the present number , has " laid" the evil spirit in Scotland . Bhewstee , is now stripped of his borrowed plumes , and appears to the world in all his naked deformity ; his race is run , and peace and harmony is restored among our Scottish ranks . May all such dissemblers be as signally defeated , and the like happy results ensue ! These remarks have reference to but very few ; and we trust the hint will have the desired effect .
In conclu = ion , we conjure our friends to be firm , vigilant , and determined , and let no artifice of the enemy diyert them from the speedy preparation of xhe National Petition for 1842 . Remember that now is the time for work : ALL must work , and we must have , et least , FOUR MILLIONS !
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THE MASONS' STRIKE . We have received , in reference to this subjeet , the folloTTing letter from tbe Chairman of the operative masons of the metropolis : —
" TO THE BDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR , 11 , Mason-street , Lambeth , Oct . 31 st , 1841 . v " Dear Sir , —I find in your columns of Saturday a letter , purporting to come from a Mr . Watts , containing certain allegations which , in my opinion , ought to be corrected , as they are not strictly true . " Now , Mr . Editor , the masons never made any complaint as a body in reference to the Star , as you inserted every article which they forwarded to you . The body of masons had no desire to make Their strike an editorial squabble : all they asked from the London press * and from you was full and fair insertion , as Messrs . Grissell and Peto publicly denied those charges which the masons had made privately to them .
" There are , amongst the turn-outs , men of all opinions , religious and political ; therefore the public will see this is not a strike of the petition-carriers , but of all . With respect to the statement that twenty-four of the masons have relinquished the Star , I do not believe it . I have a higher opinion of their judgment and good sense , and being continually amongst them , 1 never heard one individual Bay he would give it up . I , as an individual , am indignant at the conduct of Mr . Watts , in sending forth this libel on , our discrimination .. " Hoping you will give this insertion in your next , in order that the public mind may be disabused , ¦
" I beg to subscribe myself , " Your obedient humble servant 11 And constant reader , " Robert Macdo . vald . " P . S . —One word relative to the strike which still continues , but which I doubt not will ba brought to a speedy and succesful termination . Already have the trades of London subscribed , nearly £ 400 , and the Scottish Association voted us £ 500 ; thus the public will see , that tho sons of Scotia , and our English fellow-tradesmen , in conjunction-with the simultaneous meetings , aud our invaluable institution , will ultimately secure a speedy victory . " R . M . "
We perceive that Mr . Allen , the foremau at the New Houses of Parliament , has put forth in the Sun newspaper , a denial of the various charges made against him by the men . If Mr . Allen ' s character of himself be genuine , he is a moBt meek and godlike personage , much injured and calumniated ; but he must adduce better evidence of his inuocence of the disgusting crimes oharged on him , than his own denial in the Sun newspaper , before he can pcrsuado us in the country to believe that a large body of men would sacrifice the comforts and convenience of employment in opposition to him . We are borne out in this view of the case by the following letter from the masons' body , published in the Evening ' s Sun of tho same day as Allen ' s denial of the charge : — " CHALLENGE TO MR . ALLEN , FOREMAN OF
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . w , —Finding in the morning edition of The Sun this day a letter from Mr . Allen , denying the charge made against him on Friday night at the Crown and Anchor , we beg leave , through tho medium of your journal , to again challenge Mr . Allen to come forward and prove that these charges are not true . We are willing to submit the case to arbitration , and Mr . Allen can bring all the evidence that he can produce that the charges are false . Now , Sir , it is quite clear that'tn snhmif . th «
case to arbitration a the only just means that can be adopted to prove the truth or fallacy of those charges . If Mr . Allen be innocent , he need not shrink from public investigation . * v " H ° w eTer ? , x ne refuses to accept this challenge , the public will at once be convinced that the charges brought against him cannot be refuted " Signed , on behalf ot the Operative Masons , " Robert M'Donald , Chairman . " We perfectly accede to the opinion that , if Mr . Alleh does not accept the challenge , it ia because he feels conscious that the charges against him cannot be refuted .
We weuld impress upon all the . trades throughout the whole empire that this is no trifling matter . It is a trial of the spirit and determination of the workmen which will decide their future fate ; and if they suffer the masons of Loadon to be beaten in this struggle , they must expect , and will deserve , to have like modes of tyranny developed in every trade and every place through the whole country . Let there be no apathy then ; let every workman consider himself deeply i tte « ed , and lay his shoulder firmly to the wheel .
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The National Petition . —Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the National Petition for 1842 , on a neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signatures are asked , that they may know for what they are signing . He is ready to supply them to the Associations and to individuals at the following charges . —100 copies for 2 s ; 1 , 000 for 15 s . Petition sheets , of good strong paper , ruled in four columns , and holding two hundred names when filled , may also be had , price 2 d . each . Secretaries and persons who need them h&ve only to send an order addressed to Mr . H . enclosing a post-office order , or slumps , to the amount , and they may have sent to their address any number they require , on pointing out the best and cheapest route . The Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London : and Mr .
Heywood , Manchester . But in all cases the money must be sent in advance—the price being so low as to preclude credit . $ & > We would call the especial notice of the Lancaand Yorkshire friends to the above notice . From what appears in another place ,, they will see that Mr . O Connor intends to visit them during the next fortnight ; and it will be well for each ( own to be well supplied with sheets for signatures . We must have the 4 , 000 , 000 ! * » * The friends at Glasgow had better arrange for the supply of Scotland with sheets and Petitions . If the other towns would communicate with the friends in'Glasgow as to the number each will require , they could have them from Leeds to Glasgoto in one bundle , and then distribute them as occasion served . We commend this to a Glasgow Committee , and our Scottish friends generally .
-5 T—•¦ J . Leach . — We cannot give him the information he asks for . Wm . Cooper . —Although your letters were stamped , they might have been too heavy . O'Brikn ' s Press Fund . —Received by the Liverpool O'Brien's Press Committee , from a tailor ' s shop ,
\ 2 s . Chartist Blacking . —Roger Finder ' s address is 5 , Weather-ill's Place , Carr Lane , Hull . MaLton . — Wm . Robinson , Chartist secretary , of Malton , writes us , in contradiction of the statement that application had been made to Earl Fitzwilliam ' s agent for the use of the public room for the Malton Chartists . M . N . — We have sent his letter to the secretary of the institution he alludes to , which will probably have nil the effect he wishes . If the practice be still continued , let him write again , and we will publicly denounce it . A . M . — We fear there is no remedy ; if his daughter be not absolutely " destitute , " she can demand
no relief , and has no claim on the putative father , otherwise than for the reimbursement of the parish . Such are the provisions of the honest New Poor Law . The Poets . — We have a jackass load of poetry that we have not yet had time to read . J . Jordan . —To be impudent is not the way to get his communication inserted . An Engineeu , of Bath , need never make up Stars in a parcel and pay carriage for them . They will always go free through the post-office ^ if nothing be written on tliem save the direction , and if they be folded open at the end ? . Exchange of Lecturers . —A correspondent writes — " There is one plan which I have for some time
meditated on , and which would , I apprehend , be beneficial to all parlies : it is this : —If six separate districts could be formed , which I believe is already done , and could agree amongst themselves to exchange their lecturers every six weeks The six lecturers taking their turns in rotation , would thus be thirty weeks , or rather more than half a year , absent from any one district . Fewer than six districts might thus form ; but the more the better . Each lecturer has his own peculiar method of expressing his ideas . Some are humourous ; others grave : some argumentative ; ethers declamatory . It is the same with their hearers : hence the good arising from exchange . All would be pleased and satisfied , and all
instructed in the loay most agreeable to his natural disposition . North Lancashire is desirous of acting upon this plan , and earnestly solicits the attention of the already-formed districts to a due consideration thereof . It was found to act well in the exchange between Messrs . liairslow and Leach , two of our ablest lecturers , and could not fail to lie equally advantageous on a more extended scale . Should any district be agreeable to an immediate exchange of their lecturer with North Lancashire , they can do so by communicating to Wm . Beeslty , chair maker , Abbeystreet , Accringlon . " Mr . Cleave has received , 8 s . 6 d . per Mrs . Dolling , collected by her from a fe ~ v friends at
Wandsworth , for Mrs . Frost ' s Fund . Stars to Ireland . —Persous sending Stars to Ireland must be careful not te write on them anything but the address . Air . McDonald , ofNewry writes us , that the last two months only Jive Stars have , been received there that have not been charged 2 . 9 . each , in consequence of something being written on them . Air . M * D . wishes to ask Wm . Cordeux , of York , if he received a postoffice order from Newry , for is . 6 d ., for the York demonstration , as they have never seen it mentioned . Wigton Charttsts must excuse us , we have no room . The character of Air . Harney is now sufficiently established .
John Holdsworth must not be offended with us : we do not wish to hurt his feelings , but we really advise him to give up writing poetry . John Haigh , of Little Horton , near Bradford , writes vs a simple , touching story of distress , the consequence of tyranny . He has been a labourer at llorton sixteen years , and brought up a family in honourable independence , having had no parish assistance , save ance , about three years ago , when lying on a sick bed . Being a ( fhartitt , he has been proscribed , and unable to find any employment of any description since last Easter . This forced him in the long run to apply to the "Guardians , " who relieved him for three or four weeks , and then forced him , his wife , and three
children fr&m the house that sheltered them , on a stormy , rainy day , driving them to Huddersfield , whence they had again to travel on foot to Cumberworth , eighteen miles , whence they were again sent by the Guardians to Kirkheaton , and ultimately again driven out and returned toHorton . This \ worthy and industrious man * with his family , must now either starve and die , beg and go to prison , or rob and be transported , as the overseer ofHorion declares that he will "be rid «/ the d—d Chartist . " The Morning Chronicle excuses the peculation of £ 200 , 000 in the Exchequer Office on the plea that the thief was inadequately remunerated for his labour . What
excuse would the Morning Chronicle offer for John Haigh if he should walk home , some fine day , with as much provision as wou / d support his family for a week ? There is an old adage which says , "The sauce fora goose should be sauce for a gander . " We hope the Chronicle does not intend toconfine its extenuating doctrine to theExchequer Office : if so , it is most unjust . But if it is to apply also to the hundreds of thousands of inadequately remunerated labourers , * we shall have less objection ; and we have no doubt that they wilt cry out , "A Daniel come to judgment" We advise John Haigh , however , not to act upon the Cbrouicle ' s suggestion .
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John Cadley , Bilston . —Yes i the small copies 4 % d . each . His report ought to have reached us last noeek . ¦' ¦¦ ¦ Anulo Hibernics is quite mistaken xn supposing that his plan would be any remedy for the evil justly complained of by our compositors . We have no disposition to impose any tax upon any body' , but toe think that while we are doing all we can to accommodate the people , we have a right to expect some little ezhibiiion oftheaccomm ' odaiing principle in return . The matiet is ' simp ! y for the consideration of , our correspond ¦ ¦ ents whether they wish their communications to be attended to ; »/ they do , they must write only on one side *
Gbacchus must excuse us ; press of matter has driven by his communication though we have not lost sight of it . , J . R . Richmond . —His letter has been forwarded to the Secretary . Democrats . —Fi ? never heard of a census of the whole world being taken . Most works on Geography give estimated tables of the population of the different countries they describe . Mrs . Flxhk , Bradf 0 Ko . —Mr . Alderson lias received , for Airs . Flynn , Is . lOd . from Mr . Idson , ofManningham , and Is . from Mr . Ainley , of Manchester Road . Mr . Alderson will receive , at his shop . Bank-street , subscriptions , for Mis . Flynn , who is now in great need of r « - lief—her husband lying in Leeds . Infirmary ,
with his leg broken in two places by an accident while going on a delegation to Leeds for the Chartists of Bradford . A Friend to the Charter , Loughbea , next week . Clerical Indecency . —A Correspondent at Huddersfield sends us , under this head , an indignant exposure of an outrage upon the morals and decencies of civilized soeiety , recently committed by a clergyman in that neighbourhood , under the guise of sermonizing upon a portion of Scripture . He states his mariners and language to have been totally unfit for description or publication , and says that such was die impression produced upon the congregation , especially tlie
female portion of it , that numbers left the church in the middle of the sermon . Hyde Chartists complain of repeated disappointment from lecturers not attending to their engagements . They have been disappointed so frequently , that they can never calculate upon a lecturer until they see him in the town , and they attribute to this much of the apathy complained of in the people of Hyde . This is infamous , and must be immediately remedied . No man ought to allow his name to be placed upon a plan , and then neglect his appointments . Stanningley- —A correspondent writes us that a lecture was delivered here , but he neither says when nor by whom .
Manchester Demonstration . —At the late demonstration , parties from Macclesfield , Keighley and Preston called upon a gentleman of Manchester to borrow money with an understanding that it should be remitted as early as possible . He therefore calls upon them to make good their promises . Birmingham . —The Frost Committee ' s correspondence next week . The Address to the Polish People next week . Robert Chalmers and Parks . —Their address must stand over . Alva Chartists . — The person about whom they write is not in prison . We have heard , recently , of his being at large , and not very creditably
oocupied . Patrick O'Higgins . —His letter was received too late for attention this week . It shall be inserted in oUr next . Richard Wakeham , 5 , Broad-street , Golden-square . —The letter from Helston has been received , but must stand over for the present . Thady Cafferry , of Ballaghaternine , county of Mayo , Ireland , will be thankful to any Chartist who will send him a weekly Star . Wm . Tillman must stand over . Wm . Hodgetts . —Thanks for the report of the villain Harrison ' s trial and conviction . We may use it another time . F . W . Smith must stand over . Greenock Christian Chartist Church must stand
over . Forest Gray must stand over . Spectaiob . — We have not pet had time toreadtlie very long letter for which he asks a corner . Joseph Johnstone . — We have no room . Jamus Dikon must stand over . J . D . Edgar . —There is no reason why the Charttsts of Neu-eas . le should not meet in as many different places as may suit their convenience , and be still all joined in the National Charter Association . There seems to be a misunderstanding on this subject in many places . We must try to correct it . J . M . Sheffield . —ilr . O'Higgins lives at li , North Ann-street . Dublin . H . Cresswell . —The writer in the Northern Star who signs " Gracchus" is not ilr . John Waikins . Chartist Blacking . —Roger Pinder , 5 , WeatheralVs Plate , Car Lane , Hull , desires us to acknowledge the following list of monies due to the Executive from the sale of his blacking .- — b . d . Mr . Harris , Hull 0 10 Mr . Nicholson , ditto 0 5 Mr . Rippon , ditto 0 5 Mr . Amblin , ditto 0 5 2 1 If this honest Chartist was properly supported , he alone ought to be able to support the Executive . ' — Ed . Peter Rigby must stand over . George Beere must stand over . Joseph Woodbuffe . — Yes . o »
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A Hawick Chartist . —The next will be announced as soon as the necessary number is complete . FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ S . d . From Clerkenwell , London , Id . per week subscription , collected by H . SI . 6 3 „ Mr . C , by H . M . .. 0 S FOB R . J . RICHARDSON . From the Chartists of Alva ... 100 „ Brington , near Daventry , per Wm . Darlow and D . Marks 2 4 ~ TVhilton , ditto ^ litto 5 0 7 4 Postage and Order ... 0 4 0 7 0 ,, Hawick , being proceeds of a ball ... 0 19 2 FOR STARS TO IRELAND . From J . M ., Shtffield 0 1 0 FOR B . M DONALD , LOUGHREA . From Hugh Donohoe , London , 5 0 ^ C . H . Cock , ditto 0 2 0 0 7 0
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On Tuesday evening , a large muster of the " workies" had in tho Music Hall , to hear their friend and champion detail the glorious triumphs of Chartism during his tour in the North . Mr . O'Connor's visit was quite unexpected . He " dropped on ub" all at once . There was no time for either preparation or arrangement , as he only came into Leeds on Monday evening . The placards were therefore only posted on Tuesday . Notwithstanding , howeyer , this want , of notice , and notwithstanding that a money impost was necessarily laid upon the people , for the defraying of expence ? , the Saloon of the Music Hall was filled ; not to overflowing , but as full as it could be
to be comfortable , with the hardy Bons of toil waiting to hear the words of instruction from their beloved chief . When we entered the hall , a little before eight o'clock , O'Connor was just coming in , and the cheers reverberated through and through the building as if the very roof should crack . After the cheering had somewhat subsided , Mr . We 3 tlake was , ou the motion of Mr . Andrew Gardner , unanimously called to the chair . . The Chairman opened the meeting in a few brief and appropriate observations ani then introduced Mr . O'Connor to the meeting . The cheering again prevented him , for some time , from being able to proceed . At length , however , he got leave to speak , and in his usual strain of overpowering eloquence , castigated both factions for
above two hours . Wo shall not attempt an outline of the speech . Suffice it that withering sarcasm , keen reproof , and well directed invective , were not more freely and deservedly lavished on the props and pillars of corruption , than were the just powers of description and deduction employed in demonstrating to the people from all passing circumstances the improved position and prospects of tbe Chartist cause . Much interest was excited by his glowing descrip tion of the u sober enthusiasm" of the Scottish Chartists , and the ignominious and disgraceful rout of Brewster , the state priest . We have not often heard a more fierce burst of execration than followed on his mention of the filthy local organ , in wnioh O'Brien was last week described as having come
upon the platform at Huddersfield " drank , and no mistake ! " At the conclusion of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , Mr . Andrew Gardner moved that FearrusO'Connor . Esq . do represent the Leeds Chartists in the forthcoming Convention . Mr . F . R , Lees rose to second the motion of Mr . uardner , and spoke in a most effective manner . After detailing the grounds on which he asked for their support to the proposition that Mr . O'Connor Bhould represent them in the forthcoming Convention , he entered broadly into the question of Labour uersus Capital , Btating that Mr . O'Connor was at the head of a new school of political economists , which took the first element , labour , into their calculations , and , so doing , arrived at ; quite different conclusions to those who arrogated
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to themselves exclusively that designation . Many were the works that had been professedly written on political economy , most of wnioh he had read ; and from Adam Smith downwards to M Culloek ! every one of them left oat of their " science" the principal element ; not one of them considered laboob as at all involved or at all connected with their theories . This was the reason why the application of their principles to practice had produced such mal-arrangement and dig . asfcrous' effeots . Ho also successfully combated the pet cry of the practical * , who said , ** Itia impossible for you to carry tho Charter for a long time ; bnt if you will join us for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , we can soon accomplish that object , and it will be anlimmediate measure of relief . " Grantin g , he said , for the moment , that it would be a measure of relief , a position that was more than
doubtful , —he would ask the most sanguine of them if they could hope so to work upon the Parliament aa to carry the measure in less than two years ! He held this to be impossible : bo that the measure of relief would not be eo immediate after all ! and this measure , paltry and insignificant as H would prove to be , would have to be carried at aa expence of means , and time , and money , that would carry the Charter itself , which would place the people in a position to upset every monopoly , repeal every bad law , and secure to themselves their share of the benefits restating from such repeal . He therefore urged them to agitate for tha Charter , and secure for themselves the full measure of their rights . Mr . Lees was loudly cheered throughout the whole of his excellent speech . The motion was put and carried unanimously .
Mr . O'Connor thanked the meeiing for this mark of confidence ; declared that he should be happy to serve them ; that he was aware that the danger of his position would be much enhanced after the 4 , 000 , 000 of signatures were obtained ; but that he was not the man to shrink from his full share of the responsibility be had helped in creating . This declaration was received by the meeting with the most enthusiastic cheering . Mr . O'Connor then announced himself ready to enrol the names of eyerj one present wishful to join the Charter Association and fifty names were immediately handed in . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up highly gratified with the evening's proceedings .
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LEEDS . —The Committee for the O'Brien Prep Fund met last Saturday evening , when it wia resolved that a notice should be Bent to all the Char tist papers requesting all who hold monies collected for the above purpose to be kind enough to send then to the Star-office , on or before Dec . 1 st , when they will be handed over to Mr . Brook , Secretary to the Committee , and by him to Mr . O'Connor account . Resolved further , in accordance with aa arrangement of the Committee with Mr . O'Brien , that Mr . O'Connor be requested to pay to Mr O'Brien , or his order , the money , whenever it sh * D have accumulated to the sum of £ 20 .
[/ n reference to this resolution , the Clerk at ( Im office begs to request that the respective sums it sent at once to "Mr . Brook , secretary to the conmiltee , " as it is quite unnecessary that they should pass through two hands previous to that reaching Mr . O'Connor ; and as he ( the Clerk ) has already a great amount of labour impotei upon him in attending , gratuitously , to the many funds and subscriptions sent to this office ; thg people will , therefore ote that whatever monitt are subscribed for the O'Brien Press Fund mint be sent at once to * ' Mr . Brook , secretary to ihs
committee , and ly him to Mr . O Connor . " We hope this arrangement will be strictly attended to , that no person may have unnecessary trouble , —Ed ] Death from Destitution . —On Friday , the 2911 ult . A mau applied at the workhouse for relief , and after waiting three hours , he was told that theh were so many cases before him , he could not be heard that night ; he had better go home and come agiia on Wednesday . He Said if I get no relief before Wednesday , I shall want none ; and the man died ou Sunday evening , and was buried on Wednesday Ought not some inquiry to be made into these pro ceedings ?
Leeds Winter FAra . —This fair commenced 6 Monday morning . The show of horaeB was as ust ^ l miserable , there not being a decent nag of any sort to be seen . The beast market was almost as bad A man , an adept at knavery , contrived , on Mondiy forenoon , to sell two beasts , which did not belong to him , for £ 32 , and having got the money he bolted . The unlucky purchaser , on attempting to drive awsj his bargain , was stopped by the real owner ; the seller has not been since heard of . The statutes , on Tuesday , were well attended by both mile and fsmale servants , and we believe niny succeeded in getting hired ; the demand for jood servants being equal to what it has been for some time . In tha pleasure fair there wa 3 amusement in abundance . The chief attraction , however , was Worabwell ' s collection of wild beasts ; but besides Wombwell' 8 there were two or three smaller
collections . There were great crowds to look at them outside ; but we have not heard that they had any of them any extra success . As usual , the p ickpockets were in attendance , and sundry handkerchiefs and other articles changed pockets . We h » w not heard of any yery extensive transactions in this line , the police being on the alert , b y whom seTeru practitioners were seized and locked up . BIRMINGHAM . —Masons'Strike . —An « djourned meeting wa 3 held at the Grand Turk , Bdlstreet , on Wednesday last , at which a number of delegates from the various trades and other parties friendly to the strike of the London stouemasoas
attended . Mr . Roddis , stonemason , wa 3 called to the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved cf . Dewgates from a great number of trades attended , who all promised further support . The meeting was addressed at great length by Mr . George White , and a committee was appointed to arrange for a pubuo meeting of the inhabitants generally in order still further to render support . The sum of £ 16 17 s . was handed into the treasurer . The committee meat every Saturday evening to receive subscriptions ; and meetings are held every Wednesday evening , at the Grand Turk , Bell-street , to which all friends are invited . :
BRADFORD . —Important to Voters . —On the 23 rd ultimo , an action was tried in the Hononr Court of Pontefract , broaght by Mr . Timothy Inghara , auctioneer , < fec . against John Robson , jon-i objector general on behalf of the Whigs , for compensation for loss of time in attending the Revising Barristers' Court for this borough , at great inconvenience to sustain bis vote ; the objection being waived immediately on the plaintiff presenting nunself to support his qualification . The case , wni « n occupied the Court a considerable time , was
conducted by Mr . Clarkson and defended by . / " Crossley . It appeared that nearly three bundrw objections had been indiscriminately made by w « Whigs , and in the case of Mr . Ingham without * nj inquiry by the defendant as to the propriety of tw objections ; he was informed that compsnsatim would be claimed unless the objections were witD " drawn previously to the Court day . Mr . MawnWi the Judge , took time to consider of this novel ea » i and on Monday last delivered judgment in favour « the plaintiff , being of opinion that he had oleariy made out a case calling for damages .
Horton . —Highway Robbery . —As Mr . JoM Hardy , farmer , of Little Horton , was wtorflmg home late on Saturday night last , was roow of twelve pounds and a few shillings ; the money belonged to a lod « e , tho Independent Order oi Gardeners , held at tho Black Horse Inn . Re *™ f within forty yards of his own home , when n « * way-laid by four villains , who threw him dotrn ana stopped his mouth to prevent him crying out . i " ? got clear off with their booty , and are not known . Low-Moor . —Frightful Accident . —On Fn < j * J afternoon week , a boy named George Shearanw * his skull dreadfully fractured by a stone falling ot » nf tVia siitanf o . nit knlnntrinir t ' n MhSRTS . LeftU * "
Co ., Byerley Iron Works . No hopes whatever *» entertained of his recovery . ^^ Workhouse Maltreatment . —Last week , » p ? ° * orphan boy , nanwd Killerby , was found w ^ ^ g about this neighbourhood in a dejected state * *|» whom , it waa discovered , had escaped froffl *»? workhouse , in consequence of being flogged , ae * w * persons saw and examined the child , whose maflg" » carcase , from the head and shoulder of the left » " * downward to the thigh , presented a ahockia * spectacle of barbarous treatment . He was taken w *» Court House , and left in charge of the autnorm »» and , on Friday last , the case was investigaw ^ 'g the Board of Guardians , when , we are MrtnW turned out that the workhouse master b *?^ evening chastised the poor lad for previously » g ^ ing himself , or committing some other trivial w- £ gression , aud on the following morning the ^ OTJ master , " ( a pauper , ) had taken upon himself » . » £ t h * nnfnrttmat-a trnank ftrt i > lAL WJUl , SW'J'T
npon stipes , the poor fellow had received * J > V ? unmerciful infliction . The examination of m Guardians of the poor . ' ended ia their admonisWg * the cruel wretches . We should like to kBOJWg gave them authority to lift a hand - «^^ helpless victim of a bad system ? HowTreqitf » w the members of the Board visit the worWMW and whether their regulations justify such <» "S for , whatever rule the lad may have broken , waejgj with or without reason , we avmot . f : JL workhouse masters and pauper-teachers "JT ^ S ,, limited authority to inflict corporal P ^^ Sa- ; Probably the Guardians will publish . " » * Jg * ations ( taken in writiug ) and let tho wte "P * j ! thjfc-Bradford have an opportunity of expressing ?*• opinions upon the conduct of their servants . ^ ¦ — BEVEBUiV .-Mr . StaUwood !««* " * £ rMfc principles of * the People ' s Charter , » . »*? „ at Market-place , on Tuesday evening . *** f& « a the Pack Horse Inn , where the National rew was read and adopted .
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OTTK BIRTH DAY . With the present number commences the fifth volume of the Northern Star . It is usual , at the occurrence of such epochs to take retrospective and prospective views of the position occupied by a journal , and it 3 party . We have no room for the task , pleasing as might be its execution . The fair form of Chartism , which at our birth was but indistinctly to be traced amid the chaos of the conflicting elements of party and of crotchetmongering sections , has now grown out into such large proportions , that
our great difficulty is to steal from it even this inch of room' on our sheet to point to the fact ; to point to those fair proportions as , in great part , tbe result of our own watchfulness and care ; to point to oar past , as an earnest of our future career ; and to renew our covenant with the people , rtquiring from them , as a duty , to continue to uphold us in the performance of our great duties towards them . This they have hitherto done , and nobly : we doubt not that they will henceforth do so , because we know that they are just ; and we require them to desert us the moment we desert priuciple .
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BIRTHS EXTRAORDINARY . " Buckingham Palace , Nov . 9 . " This morning , at twelve minutes before eleven o ' clock , tho Queen was happily delivered of a Prince , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , her Royal Highness the Duohess of Kent , several Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon . Privy Council , and the Ladies of her Majesty ' s Bedchamber , being present . " This great and important news was immediately
jOAQOAUvnu w iuc wnuuj wo uuiift wi uio xoi& and Tower guns ; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon , at the Council Chamber , Whitehall , it was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for the Queen ' s safe delivery of a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , to be used in all churohes and chapels throughout England and Wales , and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , on Sunday , the 14 th of November , or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same .
M Her Majesty and the Infant Prince are , God be praised , both doing well . "— London Gazette Extraodinary . We give the above from the Times of Wednesday morning . From the same page of the same paper we give also the following : — "On the 25 th of December last , FIVE WOMEN WERE CONFINED IN TWO BEDS , IN THE SAME ROOM , and THREE
WOMEN WERE ACTUALLY DELIVERED IN A SINGLE BED AT THE SAME TIME . Proper attention was not paid to tliem , and one woman having died in ber ACCOUCHEMENT ( we know not whether upou the same occasion ) , no inquest was held , and no notice was taken of her death . " We exhort our readers to look on both pictures , aud then on their bended knees to bless God for his merciful interposition in the preservation of Royalty .
Feargus O'Connor In Leeds.
FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN LEEDS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct574/page/4/
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