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THE STURGE CONFERENCE AGAIN. The Stlrge men are most persevering fellows ; as the satellites of faction always are. They are determined to have their " talk" on the 27 th of Deo. and to call it a " Conference." We are happy, however, to perceive that the intimations of the people that they were not to be humbugged, have forced them to be at least a little less impudent in their obtrusion of their real purposes on observation. The mode of electing this " National" Conference announced in their laBt circular upon the subject has been discovered during the recent flat-catchiDg expeditions of their great
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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1842.
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THE GOVERNMENT VICTIMS . An additional demenstration against that-rile » pedes of Government tyranny , ¦ which has , within the last few months , filled the prisons of England with Virtuous and skilful English artisans , for seekirg , in public meeting , to mate known their grievances , and to discuss the most legitimate means of procuring a redress of them , together with the means of bread for their " starring wives and families , " took plaee on Thursday night , in the shape of & public meeting , at Jbe H&H of Science , High-Btreet , WhiveehapeL The iob ^ ect of the meeting waa to express the public de--testa ^ on of a Government that could thus act , and to -mark £ hat detestation the more strongly by entering into a suC ^^ ripti 00 m &id of tDa " victims ' ' to so despotic and &t * ouona a policy . On the motion of Mr . Drake ,
Mr . Mantz wj ** <» " £ » to the chair . He said he regretted the Char , ^** ""ere not doirg tij-ir duty to themselves , otherwise * ke Hall in which the meeting ot ? t which he had the honour fre preside , was held , would , at that late hour , £ " ve been crowded to inconvenience . They had met oti t ° present occasion , not merely as matter of form noi merely to breathe the feelings of indignation against a i ^ jvernment that conld act so tyrannically as the present 'was acting ; but upon a question which concerned thv" " * Ui involving & 3 it did the proposition , whether a man was to " think freely , " or whether tyranny was . to say « & t ^ ia enlightened land , " Thus far ahalt thon g ° a ^ d eo farther . " The Government that would dan' attempt to restrict a people from the fee expression of th-ir grievances , and who would say to them they most think only as they ( the Government ] thoneht , was ihe greatest of ali tyrannies—thear , hear )—but all won . id
not do ; the mind of man would still be free . —theai and loud cheers . ) Man was , by his Creator , endowed with the power to think , and to express bis thoughts ; and it was not for tyrant man to dare to stop him in the exerciea and expression of the mind thus given—( hear , hear ) The enemies of the people's rights might say , that they itfce people ) lived in " a free country , " and might do this er that But in this they reminded him of ttie " French" press , which said , " you way print this or that ; but you must not * 3 y anything against the Ministry , " or Slate "—( langhter . ) And eo with the present tyrannical Government of England—( hear , hear . ) The people might say \> t think what they pleased j but as soon as they said anything against them , they ' ithe Ministry ) , would seizi npon , drag , and cast them into prison—( hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Mantz ) , might illustrate this base intolerance , bj a quotation ; of whirk it reminded him , from the poet , namely ;—
" A subject ' s fanlts , a subject may proclaim , A monarch ' s errors are forbidden | game . " ( Cheera ) The people , undismayed fey such proceedings , should fullyw th « advice of their tried and valued friend , i O'Connor , should not shrink from danger , but like j him , be prepared to " brave the battle and the breeze , " and , as becomes Englishmen , determine to j be free —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . They had a duty ' to perform to the excellent . and patriotic men who are now incarcerated , for no other crims than thut of ' peace&bly and constitutional ' iy mee . ing to demand a redress ef their grievances—( hear , hear , and " shame . " ) \ He was sore they would do that —( hear;—he was sure ; th-y would not be content with the present state of ! things—( hear , hear ) . Why should they not muster in ,
their moril strength , and act like men . who were dei ^ rmined to bring tyranny down to the dust ?—( H-sar , hear , and cheers ) . They were too long the f dupes of those men—( hear)—they had too long allowed themselves to be oppressed by them—( bear , bear ) . — ' They should , he repeated , show themselves deter- j mined , and make their tyrants kno'w that they were i Englishmen —( hear , hear , and loud cbetrs ) . The j tyrants knew -rery well , in incarcerating their ; leaders , that they were insulting the people st large ; J but had the people the right sart of spirit in them- ] selves , those leaders would never hare been seised ; ; and it was because they ( the people ) were apathetic ; and had neglected to perform their duty , that the i Government had proceeded in the tyrannical course j
they were pursuing—( bear , hear ) . He regretted he did no- see that hall crowded with men who had hearts to , feel for , and pockets at the service af the •¦ Government Yiclims "—( hear ) . Those victims , had they been corrupt , might have revelled in the lap of luxury , and in the Biuilfcs of the base aristocrats who oppress them ; ; but no , they were men of nobler feelings—ichaeisj . He lamented the apathy of the people towards those high- ' minded and noble-hearted men , whose virtuous syrnpa-1 thies had led them to offer themselves np as ' -victims , " in their ( the people '*) cause ; but he hoped they would , ' ere too late , show themselves worthy of the sufferings of those men—( hear , hear ) . After some fnrtherre- , marks , Mr . Mantz apologised for having detained the j meeting for so long a time , and coccluced , amidst loud cheers , by calling on . Mr . Brown { a . talented operative ) , to acve the first resolution .
Mr . Brown , who is a decided favourite with his ; brother workmen , wss greeted , on presenting himself ,: with marked plaudits , and after a few preliminary ob- j Krv&uons , proceeded to read the resolution to the fol- j lowing effect : — "That this meeting views with feelings of indigna- \ tion the conduct of the faction which now sways \ the Government of these realms , which has , in opposition to rgbt , law , and justice , invaded the ' . liberty of conscience , seized upon honest aad unoffending individuals , and immnrtd them in dungeons fsr no othsr crime than that ef promulgating the j truth and advocating the rights of their enslaved and j oppressed brethren . " I
He deeply sympathised , he said , with the victims to . whom that resolution referred , and be called npon tbs meeting to consider well the solemn obligation which ) tested on them them , in pledging themselves to it , to carry it ont in all its spirit and meaning—( hear , bear . ) They should weigh Well the solemnity of pled sing themselves to a resolution , and when pledged to it , j nothing should prevail npon or actuate them not to ; carry it oat—( hear . ) For his own part , he duly pledged ' himself , on the present most solemn occasion , to the ; resolution wkicb he had jnst read , and nothing could ; induce him to be namicdful or neglectful of the ob- Iigation into which he had entered—( hear , hear . ) He ¦ was not discouraged when he saw Email m ^ etln ^ s on the subject which had then brought them to- '
gcther ; for , as " after a storm comes a calm , " so after ! " great ' meetings , they might expect " smaT" ones j on the some sn ject ; and of great meetings fee rejoiced : to say they had had mary in favour of the victims in ; whose behalf he was at that moment appealing ( hear , ' htai . ) In that respect he would most particularly , and in a marked manner , concratnlate the meeting on the splendid demonstration and bumper they bad witnessed : on the previous night , in a benefit in favour of the ' ¦ victims , at the Pavilion Theatre ( cheers . ) The friends j of liberty and of injured worth had come from the j mot : distant parts of the metropolis to that benefit , not .. let it be said , for amusement , ffor tfce working classes , i ground down as they are , have neither heart , inclina-1
uon , nor means to go long distances at the present time ] for amusment ' s sake alone , but , to their great CTedit and honour , for the Eake of alleviating , by their sym- i pathy and contributions , the snfferings of the victims , with whose cause they identify themselves , and with whosa wronp they sympathise—hear , hear . ' And , be it remarked , that ail their meetings woald be crowded , but that the working classes are so poor that they cannot afford even a penny on every night —ihear , hear . ) They saw the victim to the cause in -which they were embarked , pining in his gloomy , unhealthy , ai > d solitary dungeon ; and they , like men and Chriitbns , pressed forward with their mite to assist him . — I ' applause . ) Who , lookip ? . at the present state of society , would say th-t there was rot somctkirsg
rotten at the core of the British nation?—( bearw The wtalth-producing class of British industry was sunk in circumstances of tfc- deepest poverty . — hear , heir . j Distress was pictured in their countenances , found in their dwellings ; its deepest argnith had taken possesof their minds ; and day and night they were kept in perpetual anxiety how to get bread to live . —ihear , hear , and sensations of pity . ) He ( Mr . Brown ) looked npon the Chartist as a man who would go for the cdtb of so great aa evil , and as one who would stand up for his conmry , and for the starving wives and children of it * suffering sons . — . 'cheers . ) The country had now its " victims " io look to ; men vrho were torn away from th- ^ ir wives and children , and cast into dungeons , and for no other offencs than Btanding up to plead their
suffering fellow-countrymen ' s vrrongs . —( shame . ) Threatened with all that con \ d make man miserable , thty yis ' , d ' rot to tyranny . —^ cheers . )—Jos tice was denied them , and besause they dared to say so , they were pounced 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 Geeree Julian Harney—( hear , ;—bnt that excellent patriot's pure spirit would come " like refined gold" out of the fiery furnace into which Tory persecution and Tory infamy had cruelly cast it !—( hear , hear . ) Ob ! poor Ellis ¦ a man of the greatest worth , with whom be ( Mr . Brown ) had frequently acted in furtherance of the glorious cause—that good and virtueus-minded
manthat T" * " who wonld get out of his bed at any hour of the night to benefit a fellow-creature —( hear , hear;—that good "inn was , alas ! at that moment doomed to one-and-twenty-years' transportation for his attachment to hia country —( lond cries of " eh a me" rung through all parts of the reverberating HalL ) And his wife ! O most amiable woman ! she , too , was sacrificed ! for her tender » ensibilities , her great attachment , he ( Mr . Brown ) feared conld not BUrvive the shock of having the most attached and ttuderMt of husbands thus cruelly and unjustly torn away from her , and condemned to what might be regarded as banishment for life , or consignment to a ' living tomb" —ishame , Bhame . ) The people , however , undismayed by such
tyranny , were determined to pursue the Charter , and never to rest until they obtain it—ihear , and cheers . )' Yes , they are deicrmined on this , regardless of the threats of a few selfish and mercenary Lords , who threaten them with imprisonment , transportation , and even death , for looking for their rights—( Htar and cheers . ) They despised those kzy , good fori nothing drones—( hear , hear—those letches , who suck and fatten on the life-blood of the people—( hear , her . r . j The talented speaker concluded by assuring the meeting and through it the country , of his fidelity to the Chartist cause , and that while he knew the -value of being on the " right tide , " in other wor £ s , the outside cthe strong Wblb of a prison , yet that the inside of i-
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had no terrors for him in connection with the pursuit of finch a cause —( cheers )—a cause in which he invoked them to apply themselves with energy to breaking up the stubborn ground , and sowing the " goodseeds of Chartism , " by which he promised them a gloriouB harvest , and the gathering up of the fruits—( loud and long continued cheers ) Mr . Abel Cooke felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution , because it referred to those kindred spirits who were suffering in the glorious 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 country like England , that men for standing up against « uch a system of tyranny should ba seized upen as the victims to whom the resolution referred were , and deprived of their rights and liberties—( hear , hear ) . He ( Mr . Abel Cooke ) felt &s if he couid " at one fell swoop , " level the tyrants who thus basely , nnjustly , 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 England , " coming out , as they were , in its favour , and concluded amid the plaudits of the meeting , by seconding the resolution .
Mr . D-ivenp ^ rt , a veteran Reformer , moved the second resolution , to the following effect : — " Tnat this meeting deeply sympathise and console witb those brave and virtuous patriots , who , in defiance of the tyranny of despots , have nobly stood forward as the champions of the rights and liberties of millions , to obtain for the mass of the population of this country a protection for labour , a voice in the State , and » fair division of political power ; and pledges itself to use K s best exertions by way of subscriptions and col ) ectio . ns , and all other mbaiiB in its power , to defray the expe ^ ices 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 , in ' carceration , and all the sufferings which inhumanity has inflicted , and still threatens to inflict with her merciless and iron hand , and thus save them from seeking the tender mercies of the Commissioners of the Poor Law Bastiles . "
In moving that resolution , it would be roperflaous indeed , in him , he ( Mr . IXjvenpor : ) observed , to address any ltngthened remarks to the meeting . He strongly advocated a union between the middle and working classes , as the most likely means by which they couid- hope to achieve the great and gSorions measure of " The People ' s Charter . " He regretted that the meeting was not more crowded , and would impress on the ChartUts , that if even two millions-out of the" three millions" of them who had signed' the Charter , would but give one penny each person towards " the Victim Fund , " the sum which would * be thus real : » 3 d would be ample for the support of the victims—( hear . ) Why , then , he woald ask , are they , ( and on an occasion calling upon them for their sympathies and assistance ) , so apathetic and remiss in the discbarge of a duty so much within the command ot even the poorest of them—( hear . ) He would nofe longer detain them , but would propose 4 he resolutionreheers . )
- Mr . Lucas , of St . Pancras , seconded the resolution , and 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 stienuoas 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 —( bear , hear . ) And now that they had got one in the Evening Starnow that a gentleman had embarked his capital in their interest , be ( ilr . Lucas ) was Borry 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—the working men—were witbout any paper—( shame ) . And why , then , he would repeat , when one was started for tbeir support , did they not prove themselves worthy of the favour , by giving it their most raalous and efficient support?—( hear , hear . ) The working classes , to their shame be it spoken , had no Press— ( hear . ) They had made fortures for thos 9 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 nut to make use of " machinery" to crush " the people ; " but the people will not , t ^ en when it offers , make use ( by of which out to protect them
gnpportin ^) a paper comes against the Government—( bear , hear , i If , for instance , thty were to give but a " ciub" support , and that twenty four of thtm were to subscribe but one penny prr week , they would have the paper every day— 'hear hear . ) He would , in conclusion , say , that it becomes ; he duty of the working classes to force the paper into ail their places of resort—( hear , bear )—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 , bear , and cheers . ) The resolution was thtii-put and cairitd unanimously , after which thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting s ^ carated .
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THE VICTIM ELLIS . We were just sittirjg down to call attention to this all-important matter , when Wednesday Evening ' s Scar arrived ; in which we find it so well done that we sive the entire article , in preference to any tiling 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 xrife from the sorrow of
separation , and save his little children from the cold bastile , and tender mercies of an overseer . To trose 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 is as follows : —Counsel for Mr . Ellis raised an objection on his trial , wkicb , however , waa over-ruled by the Judge , pretty much upon the same technical ground that the point raised by the present Attorney General , in Fbost ' s case , v / & 3 oFer-ruled by the same Judge . The Jndge , however , pointed out to the counsel the m ^ de by which his object conld
be effected , ¦ wh ich is this ;—The point made by Counsel was , " That wlieieas the Act of Parliament bearing upon Ellis ' s ca = e makes it penal to demolish , or to begin to demolish , any buildiDg , and requirc 3 proof of such demolition or commencement , and the indictment charged him with the off ace as complete , while Ellis was not proved to havebsenat the place , when the attack teas commenced , and also that the building teas not demolished . " The reader will eee 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 were not complete , or so complete within the meaning of tho Act as to warrant his conviction , under it . There ia a legal and a moral way , how- * ever , of disposing of conjecture . The legal way is by ' , appeal to a higher tribunal than that before which i the case has been tried . The moral way is , — " Oh . no matter whether the Act of Parliament critically embraced his case , damn him , he deserved it . " . The latter mode of argument may satisfy the village coterie , or a section of antt-monepolists , but it will
not satisfy the public , nor would it , we are convinced , satisfy Chief Ju 3 tice Tikdal . the Judge who presided . In arguing thi 3 point , then , we are not to be understood as approving the crime of j arson , or bo much of it as does not come within i the statute above referred to , nor yet any part of ' it . We are to be understood as dealing with the act and the crime as Judges invariably do , which JS thus : — " // the Act isfaul ' y or bad , repeal or amend it ; out so long as it is law , abide by it , and as it is a penal lam , construe it mildly , and give the
prisoner the advantage of its every defect . " Snch is the language of a Judge when he regrets the obligation under which a faulty Act places him . Ev « n magistrates not unfrcquently say to c-. Jprits , I admit yours is a hard case , and that tho Act of Parliament is very severe , bnt there it is , and wi . at caa I do ? The only course now opeii to Mr . Ellis is this : —He can present a petition to the Secretary of £ tvte for the Home Department , setting forth the objection , and praying that it may be argued before the fifteen Judges . We have no reason whatever to suppose that Sir J . aurs Gbaua ^
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will refuse to comply with Ellis ' s request , and for this reason : —It would be rery inhnman , very indecent , and very improper , to send a poor creature out of his country , leaving upon his miud , and upon the public 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 Frost ' s case it has been done : but to cite cases in point would 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 on 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 bnt an unimportant part of the work , if not built npon ; and where are the means to prosecute it ? This then , is our appeal , for the means to be collected and
forthwith forwarded to onr office , to prosecute the good vrork . Counsel ' s fee 9 in such cases , are heavy , and the ablest must be employed The transports are being prepared . The gin palaces and beer shops are foil . The cry of injustice and shame is long and load ; but the injustice and the shame belong to those who see the ohaaee , aad will not aid in turning it to- account . Lot it be borne in mind that by perseverance the Dorchester labourers were restored to their homes ; the Glasgow cotton spinnera were saved from
transportation ; and Frost , Williams , and Jones from death ; and that the same active mdfridu&l who wa * mainly instrumental ia producing those results , and , in consequence , Jias become- an object of unmitigated and anrelentisg persecution ' , is now engaged in forwarding this appeal upov behalf of poor E&bis . Let us ^ at all events , havo the refusal , and gntify ourselves with this glorious reffisotion that we- did our part ,, and we were ready to save our friend . Much majbedone is London at variance with what the local mind approves . As an instance , we give the following note received' this
morning p— THE QUBfilf Vi WHPTB . " Mr . Justice Cresswell has made an order t » -day on each indictment , to admit White in bail , bimiwlf in £ 200 , and four sureties in £ 50 each ; he woulfl-not reduce it below thia . " The above- is from Mr . O'Connors solicitor ;¦ and by it , it will be found that the Judges have reduced the Justice's bail to exactly one-fifth of the amount required by those worthies , and for want of whioh poor Gbobgh Whits , as honest a man as breathes , has been incwoerated for nearly two ? months ; and
for which , with God ' s blessing , the Brummagem scamps shall andwor before the justice . We rejoice to congratulate Mr . Fellows and his brave followers upon their recent triumph over the rascally League , and their Bright' importation from Reohdale . The impudence of these scoundrels , in their endeavours to seduce the Chartists from their allegiance to principle , in the hope of advancing their plundering views , is beyond all bearing , and can only be equalled by the sound thrashing in store for them , whenever and wherever they pre sume to obtrude their particularly awkward and disgusting 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 sialu quo , until the means are supplied for prosecuting the good work . Every minute is an hour , and not- a MIKBTE SHOULD BE LOST . Bear in mind that the worldly prospects of a whole family are involved in this experiment .
The Sturge Conference Again. The Stlrge Men Are Most Persevering Fellows ; As The Satellites Of Faction Always Are. They Are Determined To Have Their " Talk" On The 27 Th Of Deo. And To Call It A " Conference." We Are Happy, However, To Perceive That The Intimations Of The People That They Were Not To Be Humbugged, Have Forced Them To Be At Least A Little Less Impudent In Their Obtrusion Of Their Real Purposes On Observation. The Mode Of Electing This " National" Conference Announced In Their Labt Circular Upon The Subject Has Been Discovered During The Recent Flat-Catchidg Expeditions Of Their Great
THE STURGE CONFERENCE AGAIN . The Stlrge men are most persevering fellows ; as the satellites of faction always are . They are determined to have their " talk" on the 27 th of Deo . and to call it a " Conference . " We are happy , however , to perceive that the intimations of the people that they were not to be humbugged , have forced them to be at least a little less impudent in their obtrusion of their real purposes on observation . The mode of electing this " National" Conference announced in their laBt circular upon the subject has been discovered during the recent flat-catchiDg expeditions of their great
men to be " a little too bad" ; and hence they don ' t hazard an adherence to it . There is never anyihing of the bold manliness of honesty about baffled faction ; and , therefore , we are not surprised to note the absence of it in the circular now issued from "the Complete Suffrage Council . " Honest and good men , gennine 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 disposi-; tion which repudiates a false position , when seen , i as cheerfully and heartily as it maintains a true ! one . Bam d roguery can seldom imitate this beautiful and amiab'e ¦ virtue . If foiled in an attempt l to blind the eyes of parties , it will give up a position ! winch it fees no means of holding , but it never ' admits that , it has been wron ^ ; on the contrary , it ! invariably keeps its eyes . « t < adfa .-tly upon the bafilsd point , diverges from it no further tha . n it is compelled . and looks out ifor some circuit whtrtby , if
' an end , ii may ccme back to it , and , if a means , it . may either do so or substitute it by some other means whii-h may subserve tho same end . Now this is 1 just thj conduct of the Sturge Council upon this occasion . W ; iat thsy now say upon tho mode of eleciion we 3 rs certainly a much greater air of fair-! ness than their former proposition , and it ia tantamount—if honestly meant and acted on—to an entire repudiation of that proposition ; but it is not ' a repvuHatkm . It st'H 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 atrictly : legal character . Wkerever it ia practicable and usual , ! let a requisition be sent to the local authorities , re- 1 questiiig them to convene thf meetings . If thia cannot ] be done , let the Complete Suffnge Union of each ! district convene its own meeting . In both cases the ] meelinps must be public to a 1 ! the inhabitants in the town nr district .
" It is highly desirable that all the delegates should be elected in this way . The Council have conclnded not to encourage the appointment of delegates by ' nomination lists , ' except in cases -where the authorities absolutely prohibit or disperse the meetings . In snch cases the nomination sheets mast be forwarded , together witb a statement of all ths circumstances , to the Council , at least ten days before the meeting of the Conference .
" The Council have reason to rejoice in being able to j announce , that tbey have net yet koard of any instances j in which there wiil be Bny dimculty in appointing , jf'i the game meeting , delegates to represent both electors j and non-electors . This course the Council earnestly recommend , as it will display a united energy that will augur well for onr 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 . i
In every case the meetings are to be public and open to all the inhabitants ; without this the Conference would have been illegal , aad every j member of it liable to heavy punishments . Let the ) pe ople tten see that all these meetings be -well at- j tended ; that honest and fair-dealing chairmen be J appointed ; and that delegates of the right sort be j returned . By "delegates of the right sort , " we mean not blustering , rauting , mouthers—but men of sense , firmness , ' discrimination , aud 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 stern ad-
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herenoe 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 "free trade" question and all its sophistries ; and who are prepared to maintain the interests and rights of labour as & 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 M extension " men by promising that the first efforts of our newborn liberties shall be devoted to the enabling of them to take from us all the good thereof .
We wain the 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 effeotual means of sifting the "Complete Suffrage Union , " of driving out of it all the wolves , and of gathering the Bheep into the proper fold , bo as to consolidate the people's strength by twitting their exertions . We recommend , therefore , that the people take up this Conference . Bat if tbey purpose to make it a nationally
beneficial one they must do it spiritedly and cautiously . No means will be left untried by the Sri / HOE men to secure for ita deliberations the result we advert to . The people may and must prevent this . And for this purpose tbey must be on the alert . Every public meeting to elect delegates muBt be well attended—the people must take care to be early that the chairman be not unfairly chosen . Almost all the good of a public meeting may be frustrated by the chairman , if he be disposed to- doso . Let the people see to thia therefore ; Jet bo Chairman ha allowed to aot who has not bean
elected by the meeting . If any attempt bo madea ? 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 instantlymade to the Complete Suffrage Committee , or whoever else have the" gettin&up" of tho-meeting , and if this be unheeded , let » public meeting onBome 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 eleoted by the people-at the fair " public meeting , " but also- to some honest delegate whose election is undisputed , aud let him bring the matter before the Conference at its meeting , if the council' shall not have previously done justice in the matter ; In every case the eligibility to sit of every oaudidate « lected at anunfairmoetingshouldbe 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 . The same plan must be adopted if any dishonest means are resorted to- for smuggling a Chairman at any public meeting foe the election 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 " ¦ dodges , " the " shoy-hoys" are well " up . " They will need watching ; but with care they may be so watched as to b « 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 conducted , publ i c meeting . And if any delegates be received who have not been thus elected or any excluded who have been thus elected , it will be the duty of every other honest delegate at once to protest against the whole thing as a fraud upon the puWio , 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 ^ havisg been driven from their pet point of having half the delegates electors elected by eleotore , they have managed to . contrive another by which they evidently hope to efffeot the same purpose of subserving the "free trade' * crotchet . Thia is cunningly concealed under the guise of a most useful and necessary arrangement , and cloaked over wiih muoh apparent fairness in the following para " graph from their new circular : —
" With a view to prevent loss of time , and m the hope tbat all the business of the Conference may b » terminated in four days , the Council will be prepared with a programme of the business under discussion . They propose tbat the Conference , at its first sitting , Bhall elect a committee , to whom the programme shall be referred , and that such committee shall decide upon the order in which all business shall be introduced . It is conceived tbat there will be no disposition to attribute this arrangement to improper motives , as it is not intended that any member of the Council should bare a vote , either in the Committee or tha Conference ( by virtue of his off . ee as Councillor ) , unless elected as a representative for some constituency . They are , however , desirous of being present , to give an opinion or supply information .
" Copies of the programme of the proposed business may be obtained by each delegate upon arrival . " Now , why not submit this programme of busiBess to the whole Conference for adoption or amendment 1 The reason is jnat here . The committee is to be appointed the first thing . The Council hope that at the beginning of tho proceedings the attendance may not be full , and they may get a committee of their own 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 ad was done at
the Clerical Conference of Manchester . Having experienced tho effeot of " the Committee dodge " there we know how to anticipate it . There the " Programme Committee" drew up the 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 eent suoh 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 pTogramme . Let the delegates bo well instructed on this matter . We give from the Nrncoyiformxst , the Sturge oracle , the following excellent remarks from an Address of the Cirencester Chartist Association , to the Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union : —
" You propose to ascertain how far the non-electora may be induced to pledge themselves to use the franchise , when obtained , in 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 be 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 of meni < whatever their representative character ) pledge nn electoral boiiy , not yet existing , to a . particular exercise of the franchise , at some future but indefinite time ? We muat receive the suffrage unclogged by conditions . Wo must not barter the free exercise of the franchise , even for the franchise itself . "
This is the right tone to take , and must bo followed up by tho whole people ia their instructions to their delegates . Meantime , as proof of tho necessity of caution in dealing with these gentry , we just noto that the quasi organ of the SturgUes in labouring to defend the iniquitous clause of the last circular , uow abandoned , rested its argument on the assumption tbat this was not to a decisive but a deliberative body—not a Convention to adopt measures—but a Conference to discuss them ; while tho circular before us assures ua that the Conference is called : —
" Toprepare a bill to be submitted ta Parliament , cmbjdjing the' principles : inri necessary der ails of representation , agreed to at the Conferinca b * ud in April last , and to determine who shall ba requested to in-Vroduco such bill into the House of Cwjpions , and also to dispose of the othtr bualuees alluded to m the address already issued . " Purposing to return to this subject , we now call attention in the way of close to tho fol ] owing extract
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from the Sturge circular , to which we think no objection can be offered ;—" It is absolutely necessary that the names and addresses of the delegates who are appointed to attend the Conference , accompanied by a copy of the minutes of the meeting at which tbey were elected , under the signature of the chairman « f the meeting , should be transmitted to the council on ot before Friday the 23 rd day of Decem ber , in order that the 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 his arrival in Birmingham . " This with what we have given above places all the provisions of this document before the people , whom we now advise to begin at once to prepare for the work .
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THE EXECUTIVE . We have not reoeived the returns from elections of the persons nominated to fill np the vacancies in the Executive . The reason will probably be found in the following extract of a letter from the General Seoretary received , this day—Thursday : — " I almost imagine the election at present will nave to be abandoned , because there has sot been time enough given . I have had a letter from Bairetow , and be * ays there will be mneb dissatisfaction la consequence of the shortness of the time , and Leseh and myseif 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 ate only twelve names on the list Mr . Watkinshaa declined . MessrB , Boss , West , and Clayton cannot be balloted for , on account of the informality . Morling ' there is an objection raised against ; so-that there are only seven caadidates ' remaining . Taking alf the circumstances- of the case into consideration , perhape it will be as well to postpone the election until the time is settled by 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 tbo votes weuid be far less in number tlnn they were at the lost tfane . Give this letter yeur consideration , and if it meats- your approbation , write a short article'stating the- reasons I have given for the alteration . "
To-thia we can only add that Mr . Clakot as may be seen from his letter in to-day ' s . Star , cannot be bal-. lotted far , and thai reduces the number of candidates one more . We have already given our opinion that the election is unnecessary , and need nolr rtherefore , repeat it .- But the matter \ b for the people * and not fbn us to determine on .
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REGISTERINGT OF CHARTIST MEETINGHOUSES . Wb have frequently been applied to for informationjupon thie subject , especially since an infamous fellow , who alike disgraces the priesthood and the magistracy , prosecuted , and oaused to be imprisoned , a good Chartist for preaching in an unlicensed : room . There is certainly no meanness-to which faotkm will not stoop for the attainment of its ends ; and hence the- necessity , which we have so often inculcated , of ou ? paying tho 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 , wkh groat pleasure , for the guidance of our friend ? ,, the following instructions for registering places ef worship , from the 22 nd George III . c . 15 & .
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 arohdeoconry ; or to the justices of the peace at the general or quarter sessions of the peace for the county , riding , division , oity , 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 : —
"To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of ( hen fill 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 ike Archdeaconry ) in the diocese of ( here JMl up the name of the diocese } or , To Her Alajesty ' s Justices of the P « ace for the ( here fill up theblank with the county , ridingdivision , Sfc ) at the General or Quarter Sessions 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 and now in the holding and occupation of ( here fill up person ' s name ) are intended to be used as a place of teligious -worship , by an assembly or congregation of protestauts ; and I hereby request you to register and record the same , according to the provisions of an act
passed in the 52 nd year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third , intituled , " An Act to repeal certain Acts , and amend other Acts , relating to religious worship and assemblies , and persons teaching and preaching therein ; and I hereby request a certificate thereof , for whicb . Iahi 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 in the above form must be filled up to meet the circumstances of the case , copied oa the second side of a sheet of paper , and signed by tho person applying for the licence . A like copy to be made ou the third side of the sheet , and underneath the following form : — I ( here leave three lines for the name and description of the person signing the certificate ) do hereby certify , that a certificate , of which th « above is a true copy , was this day delivered to me to be registered and recorded pursuant to the Act of Parliament therein mentioned . Bated this— - — —day of-
18 . " Upon the above document being delivered , or forwarded , free , of expense , to the person who is required to sign the certificate , with two shillings and sixpence , he will fill up and sign 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 ia , conformity to the practice of several diseases .
Attention to this subject will save from seteaf penalties tho occupier of the place where wojab ' i 3 performed—the person teaching or prejwJ" jy therein—and tho persons forming the congj *^ atjon The persons assembling in such places w&l ' vQen be ' proteoted by law , as by the same Act it fr enacted " That if any person or persons , at any tjme after ' the passing of this Act [ 29 th Jul y * 1 ' , 12 ] , do and shall wilfully and maliciously , or or , iitemptuously disquiet or disturb any meeting * a / 3 emblyj or con _ gregatioa of persons assembled for ]^ i 0 u 8 wors hip permitted or authorized byiMa AcL or any fomer '
Act or Acts of Parliament , or [ shaI 1 in any way disturb , molest , or misuse »' Uy preacher , teacher , or person officiating at such meeting , assembly , or congregation , or any persor or persons there assembled , such person or pot ? ens s 0 offending , upon proof thereof before any j U 8 tice of tbe Pea < . by twf > Of more credible witnesses , shall find two sureties to be bound by recognizances , in the penal Bum of fifty pouuda , to answer for such offence , and in default of SUoh sureties , shall be committed to prison , there io remain till the next General Quarter Sessions ; and upon conviction of the said offence at the satf . General or Quarter Sessions , shall suffer the P aitt and penalty of Forty Pounds . "
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John Hall , OcmaBvns . —We have no recollection of the report to which he alludes , though it is just possible it may have escaped us . Amy Lectures intending to visit Mansfield must communicate to them seven days previous to visiting them , if not their services will not be accepted . " Aw Odb to Liberty" shall appear . Will Messes . W . Bainbridge , Darlington ; C . ¦ L ane , now or late of 16 , Furnival '« Inn Court , London ; and T . Orb , of Northampton , write to this office , and send their exact addresses ? It is requested by a friend in Ireland . "The Charter—an Odb" shall appear .
" A Watchman" must excuse us . His long letter to the middle classes contains nothing that our readers are not familiar with ; and we have not room for its insertion . John Burland , of Barnslep , 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 thai : 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 Rsadebs of Dvndes ask : — "Is it consistent with the House of Lords thai a father and son may sit and legislate at the same time 1 If so could you point out an instance ? " Yes : the ,. Crown might , for some national service performed confer a separate peerage upon a peer expectant during his father ' 8 lifetime ; or the Crown might confer a peerage upon a younger son of a peer ; or a son might succeed to a peerage holden by his mother in her own right , independent of hkr husband ' s peerage . Of this tee have an instance in ' the present Earl of Wilton , who is a younqer son
of the Marquis of Westminster , and who has succeeded t » his mother ' s peerage ; while his elder brother , Lord Grosvenor , is still a commoner , awaiting the death of his / etther . The Earl of Wilton , second son of the Marquis of Westminster , inherits the earldom by . virtue of his father ' s marriage with Lady Eleanor Egerton , only sur' viving daughter and heiress of Thomas , first Earl of Wilton , so created , with remainder to the , second and alV other younger sons ofhisdaugh-¦ - ter . . ¦ : '¦ - . '¦ " . ' . . WL- P ., in answer to S , K ., of Glasgow , arrived too late for this week ; it shall appear in our next .
Gkorge Tweddb&l , Stokesley . —We have stated some forty times already , that we acknowledge no sums for public funds but what are received here . We know nothing whatever about what ¦ Mr . O'Connor receives .
W . B . —Yes . W . Cooper , WELBON . —iJis last week ' s letter wasreoeived , but ' mislaid . In the Star of the 22 nd ult . the name Weldon was written " Weedon , ' * ¦ by mistake . D . B . L ., Long Buokby . —l \ e see- no necessity far insisting on his- withdrawal from either . lYleprofessed object is- the same . If the man be agood and a honest man , the position he hastaken can do no harm , while it > may do good . Bacub Chartists . —Memorialise the Home Score * tary . W . Hi , of Heywood , writes in riddles . We cannot understand his letter ; but it seems to have reference to some matters whioh in any case-w ' should not publish on anonymous authority .
Wiusiam Poole , CoLLTjMproN , —Any bookseller-ivho gets a London parcel can get him all Mr . Hill ' s works from John Cleave , l \ . Shoe-lane , ffteeU . street , London . W . Bairburn , Wednesburv . —Our copy of- the Evenii g Star of the ' date he mentions issa-cut that we cannot find the report he alludes- to * He ought to have sent us one . Some other- oorresjiondents may ascribe the non-appearance of their reports to the same cause . . Wh » l Mr . Beesley have the * goodness to communicate his address to the Hulhsub-Secretary , No . 10 , Owen-square , New George-street ? Middle-class ¦ Rapacity . —G * . A . N ., of Sheffield , writes us thus : r—
" A landlord of this town has some prepetty consisting amongst tha rest , of a hole fit only tot a dog , and a small bakehouse , which has been in the occupation of several who have in rain endeavoured to make it answer . They have been obliged to give np , leaving Mr . Landlord minus , in most instances , bis tent The premises became void , and were liksly to , remain so , when & young man , who had served an honourable nppreaticeship in tha town , and being well known , toak tbe premises- at 4 s . Set . per week—as exorbitant rent for such a kennel—with
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not a particle of custom connected with the place . Well , Sir , by indefatigable exertions and persevering industry , he has established a very decent connection , and been enabled to-get a plain yet . comfortable livelihood , regularly , paying the proprietot his rent , not being indebted to his landlord ? , one farthing . With these facts before us , —and ; they are facts , for I have not . only heard it from ,, the nun ' s own lips , but full ; attested by others knowing the circumstances , —eae would supgose Sir , would feel proud- of bis tenant , and . fee ) a- pleasure in doing what be could to prcfofitz Bucce&s . No , no , not bo ; aitacke—greedy , grasping avarice—the . characteristic ; of the sordid crew , hadi cast an eye upon him , and Mr . ——— -=. verg
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kindly told him , this week , he must p . &y tbs trifling addition of £ 1 Iflfl . per annum—ainepenar j a week extra , making a total of £ 13 pes-year fo » a hole scarocly fit ( as I said before ) for a dog . ^ is not all : is the gentieraan a Tory ? jjrn-r-caft' -on believe it ?—a member of the National COW J [ e ^ Suffrage Union , a professed admirer aad fpl ' i * £ eT j presume , of the philanthropic and geaerpuft . ' r oaeD w Sturge , Esq ., of Bamingham ! Ufaiaiw' anunl lated case , but ona that shows tha natuw' aiaP 08 i tion of these middleclass brawler
- * fc # nnion . I can tell the working class thajimajy a 9 weiiaafc the wolf and la » b to unite to destroy de 8 DOtisin m to expect the middle class to do ao J JTSSSS Still I have heard it said bow Virf- fr j cndlVthev are in Shefi . ld . ua how they . * i , S £ ? 52 the working class ; and many , tbw" { yL , met wi u believe it Certainly *«* . «> , ^ XT&ttS generaV rale , and may be «* , mi < fdle class of Shield are so . As I kaoa , but mh of them t will not gainsay it , _ but g $ r 8 them the bene 8 » of ¦
» e-gooQ opinion . » m «« F k ]( mder than worda ; tnerefore . I say ., . ' cest th ^ . the oof of the pudding will- ( hen . b » , n the eati ^ j fc ., assured never was a by . ter opportunity . Harney and-othershaveto . ba ,, rfed ,. although out on b ?< f It u certain , wijhput . > ftl assi 8 tanc | they can ^ ve no chance , and < xxr < lse ,, or 8 wm t J worfc f nothing ; on thecv itrary the areexpeD 8 iYe gen Shlffid £ ? St L B 3 y t 0 ^ irking men of assist yOU . Call nnnn »> , „« . :. j :. m ... ii . .. _ . j „„„ «*« . , „* . wh , them indivldua and 8 t
upon ny mo respectfully ^ , they are tond oJ bom ^ & SuJ , fi , i t defence of y out sincere friends : if tney reiusft , # hy you wm haye noth 5 ng to tbaDk tnem : or ; v tbbn i witheat . ft word ) g 0 about yoUi Dusinesa . Ifc wi ! 1 siow afc once tbeir reaJ diap ( h BitKj * ujif intentions . And , my friends , not only j" ~ * ° . t be convinced , but remember funds—aye , th funds—are and will be wanted to defend - " / ictims of that hydra-headed monster , clns Nation . Bs the sum got from them ever BO ** " iali , ii will be of ubb . Wait npon the Complete juffiago gentry for the same 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 is to be expected from tbe middle class . "
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The Portrait of T . Duxcqmbe will be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 tb . They will be in the hands of all the Azents by November 16 th ; The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Buncombe is distributed will be tha same as the charge for it on the day the Petition Plate was delivered . The S 3 . 6 d . noticed onth 9 22 nd , as from a few friends , Deptford , should have been Dirtford . Mr . Arthur omitted to say how an answer could be sent . Joseph Newbold , Carlisle . —Mr . Hudson , of CWdew-gat « , geta a parcel of Stars . Call upou him , and enter your name . Tae Piate of the Pdittioa , due to you , will be enclosed in his next parcel of Duucombe .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFESCB FUND . £ . 8 . d . From Mr . Ellis , Finsbury 0 1 „ * a pure republican , Mellor 0 1 0 ,. Cardiff , per B . Jones ... 0 8 6 ~ J . F ., Dunrermline ... ... ... 0 0 6 ! ^ a friend , Goole ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 „ 1 > . B ^ Horsforth ... ... ... 0 18 ^ a few friends in the village of Larkhall ' near Glasgow ... o 12 0 } „ the Chartists of Holme-lane , near Bradford ... ... 0 3 3 ] ~ T . H . Bangor ... 0 3 0 „ Kiugstown , Cumberland ... ... 0 10 « ^ tyrs . Hartneaa , Brown ' s-row , Carlisle 0 5 0 „ Doncaster , per Q . B . Coomers ... 0 3 6 ~ Halifax atd neighbourhood ... ... 4 0 1 ^ a friend , Tillicoultry ... 0 10 ~ the Chartists of Honley ... ... o 5 (>' ^ a few Printers at Stansfleld Mill , near Littleborough ... ... ... 0 5 0 „ a few friends at Preston , per ( J . Halton , ,. o 3 0
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From a pure republican , Mellor 0 1 6 J ~ , the Chaitia ; 3 of Newport , Isle of Wight ... 0 3 0 .
The Northern Star. Saturday, November 5, 1842.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 5 , 1842 .
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THE . " ANTI-MONOPOLISTS . *" Wb call attention to a correspondence elsewhere inserted , between the Hull Chartist Councillors and tbe Corresponding Seoretary to the Anti-Monopolist Association of that town . We guess the Corresponding Secretary wiil wish he had let the Chartists alone . 'Tis not the first time he has "burnt his fingers" with them .
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Mai Saving A Pennt.—A Farmer, In The Neighbourhood Of Balfron, Sent Bis Servant Girl Last Week To
mai Saving a Pennt . —A farmer , in the neighbourhood of balfron , sent bis servant girl last week to
viuage wnn nve pounds' weight of butter to sell Having learned that in Carap 3 ie , about fifteen miles off , a certain price could bo obtained—one penny a pound more than he expected in Balfron—the girl was ordered , if she did not obtain the higher price in the village , to waik to Campsie with her basket . The result was , that ihogirl had to trudge to Campsia and ba < : k , about thirty miles , to gain five pence for her money -making master . It is needless to say that her master did not agree to keep the servant in shoe 3 . —Dundee Herald ,
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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-ncseproduct623/page/4/
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