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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATUKBAY, MARCH 4. 1843.
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TO THE PEOPLE.
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NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.
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SHEFFIELD . MEETING OF THE TRADES' DELEGATES . Mr . G . J . Barney ' s letter , published in the Northern Star of the 11 th ultimo , calling the attention of the trades and rate payers to a circular issued bytheggoorLaw Guardians , and signed Geo . Grassland , ha * not been without beneficial results . The letter alirided to having been read at a traded meeting , it -was forthwith resolved to hold a public meeting of the trades delegates ; and the following handbill , announcing the meeting , was extensively eiroulated through the town . B UtPOElA 2 TT CRISIS TO THE TOWS A 21 D TRADE OP
SHEFFIELD . ** Fellow-Townsmen , —Tho Poor Law Guardians of this district have issued their infamous mandate to starve and pauperise the remaining portion of the iadnstrions classes of Sheffield . We urgently call upon all persons who have one spark of feeling left in their bosoms to read the following circular , copies of which have been widely spread amongst our manufacturers in this tows and neighbourhood . " ( Here follows the circular issued by U > e Guardians . ) ** The above speaks loudly for itself . Never was » document better calculated to reduce the working classes of this town to the lowest-ebb of misery and pauperism if carried into effect .
" Fellow-Townsmen , we beg of you to pay attention to the wording of fte circular , supposing that yon are so abject and slavish as to suffer it tobe carried into effect . It 1 b in the language of a ratepayer who has declared his thoughts with no small share of ability . Hi 3 language is as follows : —* The meaning of the present document is this ; where a manufacturer is employing one man at the present time , to whom he is paying " 20 s . per week , he is recommended to divide that man ' s work with another , eo as to giro both half work and half wages ; those getting 30 s . to be ' reuneed io iij those getting 8- to bB reduced to 43 . ; thus bringing the employed
operatives to work for a less remuneration than parish pay . " The forgoing language 1 b so very strong and forcible , that any comment upon it would be superfluous . The miserable pretext that is set up for all this is the saving of the parish fundB , or in other words , the pockete of the ratepayers . *• A meeting will take place at the house of Mr . Thomas Mosely , the London Apprentice , Westbar , on "Wednesday evening , the 22 nd instant , at seven o ' clock precisely , when it is hoped that all the trades will send delegates to attend ; and it is further desired that all who are opposed to the parish circular , will likewise attend the same .
By order of the Committee of the " Associated Trades . H Sheffield , Feb . 17 th , 1843 . " On the motion of Mr . Joseph Kirk , seconded by Hr . T . Rowan , Mr . Thomas Stones was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the business of the meeting by a reading a letter from Mr . John Jones , a Sheffield xr anufaesurer , who , after having drawn a painful picture of the prevailing distress amongst the Sheffield artizans , directed their attention to the fact , that the amount of goods exported in that glolions year of prosperity , 1835 . from Sheffield 10 all
parts of the world were £ 2 , 1 ) 96 , 970 , whilst in that awful year of distress 1840 , when every person was crying out th&t there was no demand , the exports from SheffiddTrere £ 3 , 177 , 658 , being an increase of about one minion over the year 1835 ; and that if the same money had been paid in 1840 as in 1835 , the -town would have been twice as prosperous at the present time . He alleged , that , the badness of the Sheffield trade was caused by the competition of the manufacturers , and concluded by advising . the delegates to draw up a memorial to the Master Cutler , soliciting him to eall a meeting of the manufacturers to dense the best means of saving the tows from total ruin .
A letter was also read from Mr . G . J . Harney , assigning as a reason for his absence his having to attend a meeting of the Chartist body that evening . Mr . John Drury , af ter a speech denunciatory of the Guardians , moved the following resolution : — B Tnat it is the opinion of this meeting that the parish circular is an insult to the town , as well as a disgrace to humanity , and that it is fraught with the most serious injury to the respectable mannfaeinrer , by encouraging the system of competitive cheapness and spurious production , which has already done
much to ruin and beggar the town ; and that it is equally injurious to the shopkeepers since it reduces the artizans , who are their main support , to so low a condition as to be only capable of purchasing the first necessaries of life ; and that it involves all classes of ratepayers , and particularly those that have property in houses , shops , &e ^ if carried into effect , it mnst Tender the same nearly valueless ; and that this meeting recommend the rate-payers to call a public meeting , to devise means whereby a check may he put to its insane and baneful tendency . "
Mr . Ward seconded the resolution . Mr . Horefall said , a deal of truth had been ipoken , hut sot all the truth . It was machinery against manual labour that was grinding the artisan to dnst , and assisting in the manufacture of those things which those who lived by r ° ann * 1 labour could not afford to do at the same -price . He tbottgbt tin * tbebest thing tbe poor man oould do , would be to take the machinery into their own ftaTtiJgj and make it work for them instead of against them , and not for any poor law guardians or aristocracy , or despots in the kingdom . The speaker went on to advocate the plan of getting as much ground as possible for the poor man to cultivate , as hundreds of acres were still out of
cultivation , and would be beneficial to the trades ' unions to have to cultivate on payment of bo much , per week . Mr * H . concluded by supporting the resolution . After several speakers had addressed the meeting , Mr . Kirk said he had heard a great deal about the goodness of Borne of the guardians , but he thought that many of them were utterly destitute of feeling , for they were net content with annoying those who were in a worse condition than themselves , but wanted to bring a great portion of their fellow creatures into the same miserable state . Tfie circular woold place every working vw * in the position , that he would be bound to accept of work on asy conditions which the manufacturers might think proper to dictate to
him . He ( Mr . Kirk ) could tell the meeting that come men in the file trade had been applying to the parish for relief , and had been sent to certain places which he wonid not name for work ; and if they did sot choose to work for a certain sum , the Guardians told them they could have no more relief . ThiB system had thrown a great burden upon the funds of the Trades * "Onions , and if followed ¥ p would inevitably he the ruin of the town . Mr . Kirk then instanced the £ & 3 e of a poor man who had come that day from Wonley , and had pocket-knives to sell for the snm of Is . So . per dozen He could only get Sd . a dozen for making them , and out of that small sam had to find files , oil , and wire . After some other remarks Mr . Kirk proposed a resolution to the effect : —
M That it was the opinion of the meeting that the circular issued by Mr . Grossland , was calculated to bring to poverty and wretchednes % many of our skilful and indnstrious townsmen , by reducing them to a state of starvation , and that that meeting protested against a system revolting to the best feelings of Englishmen , and calculated to bring on disease and premature death . " Mr . Broadbent seconded the resolution . After some observations from Messrs . Whitham , Buxton , &c , thanks were voted to the Chairman , and the meeting adjourned to Monday we < -k , at even o ' clock in the evening , to be held in the same place .
Mr . G . J . Habsby has received 123 . 2 d . from the Chartists of Hands worth Woodhoose , per Thomas Bale , for Messrs . Harney and Parka's defence . Pr auc Msetisg . —On Sunday evening , a public meeting was held in the Fig-Tree-lane room , to hear the farewell address of Mr . Samuel Psrkes , previous to his departure for Lancaster . "M > . G . Julias Harnet delivered his farewell address on Monday evening . He concluded by moving the following resolution : —** Thai thisi meeting returns its sincere thanks to Thomas Slingsby Buncombe , Esq s for his noble advocacy of the people ' s cause , more particularly for his recent exertions in endeavouring to obtain justice , instead of partisan abuse for the political victims from the
judicial bench ; and this meeting urges that gentleman to persevere in the cause of suffering humanity , assured of our hearty cooperation and support . ' Seconded by Mr . Edwin flffl , and nnanimouBly carried . Mr . JSvinson moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . George Wright , and unanimously adopted : — "That this meeting retnrh their hearty tkanks to Mr . G . J . Harney , for his able advocacy of the democratic cause Binee Mb residence in Sheffield , and beg to assure him of their protection and support , so long as he continues the firm ,-unflinching patriot he has hitherto proved himself tobe . * ThankBbeing voted to the Chairman , the meeting Beperated singing , "Well rally around him again and again . " i ^^ fc i
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An AIXE 6 KD Atteioi at Assassination . —After dark , on Saturday nigh * last , the streets of Rochdale j were posted , with a placard , stating that , on "Wednesday : night "ft , Mr . JohnHowarthhada pistol fired at him , when going to the house of Mr . John Holt , Stobbylee , near Bacup . Artward of £ 200 is offered bj thegoverhmenttoany one who will ^ ive such information as will lead to the conviction of the cnlprit , and her Jlajesty ' s gracious pardon to an accemplioejCexcept the man that fired the pistol ) , who will brings to justice the real -offender . This is the substance of the placard , which does not even state the time of the Vnighi when the pistol , was fired , or ¦ whether Mr . Howarth received any injury from the contents of the pistoL itepoit says , that the cirenmstanca took place at seven o ' clock in the evening , and a music book , which that gentleman < who is a teacher of mosie ) had with him , is marked with shot ,
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Large Supply op Cotton Coming . —The easterly windB which have prevailed nearly the whole of the present month have prevented the arrival of a large number of vessels from foreign ports . Amongst the vesselB now due are upwards of 80 from the cotton ports of the United States . At New Orleans , np to the 21 st of Jaruary , S 3 vessels had cleared for this port , not one of which has yet arrived . Of these , one has a cargo of 4 . 102 bales , one of 2 , 983 , two of upwards of 2 , 600 , one of upwards of 2 , 500 , and nine others of above 2 , 0 G 0 eaeh . The grand total of cotton now on its way from New Orleans is more than 70 , 000 bales . At Mobile , up to the 22 nd of January , 17 vessels bad cleared for this port , none of which have arrived . The largest cargo iB 2 , 306 bales ; the total afloat , about 25 , 000 . One vessel had cleared
out at Apalachiqola ; another at Port Leon , a new port on the Mississippi . Up to the 24 th January . 14 vessels had cleared at Savannah for this port . The largest cargo is 2 , 410 bales ; the total of all the ships above 20 , 000 . At Charleston , up to January 25 th , 15 vessek had clewed for this port , none of which have arrived . The total quantity afloat , about 20 , 000 bales ; the largest cargo , 2 , 300 . At New York three vessels had oleared for thiB port , laden with cotton . Two had also cleared at Texas , with cotton for this port , and which may be added to the gross amount , as cotton from that country formerly came through New Orleans . Thus S 5 vessels are known to be on their way with cotton for Liverpool . Their united cargoes cannot be much less than 140 , 000 bales . —Liverpool Albion .
Thb Chartists op Little Hohton met in their room , Park-lane , on Sunday morning , when two of the members volunteered to collect in the neighbourhood for the Defence Fond ; the proceeds of their labour amounted to 6 s . 2 | d ., with several promises of more support . They adjourned to Sunday morning , at ten o'clock .
The Northern Star. Satukbay, March 4. 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATUKBAY , MARCH 4 . 1843 .
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THE LANB 1 AND ONE OF TEE MEANS TO GET IT . Opten-times have we told the people that they ministered to their own destruction ; that they forged their own chains ; that they made weapons of "offence , and then placed them in the hands of their enemies , to be used against the u hands " who were so unwise as to place them there . In scarcely any one instance has this fact been so
clearly developed , as in the manner that the several societies of working men have disposed of their accumulated funds . Instead of using them for their own advantage , they have almost invariably given them into the custody of a " Banker , " who has allowed them some three-and-a-half per cant , interest for the use of tnem ; and taken care that that use of them has been one calculated to tell upon the parties who have entrusted him with their
means . The immense sums whioh have been placed by the working-people in the Savings' Banks show how little they reflect upon the consequences of their falling so easily into the schemes of the Government . The institution of those places of " deposit , " was the result of a crafty and deep design to bind the working classes up with the existence of thb System : and in too many instanoos have they succeeded . Millions upon millions of money have the Government been enabled to get hold of , and use to the Eustainment and perpetuation of misrule , whioh they could rot have fingered but by the means the saving institutions afforded . And thus have the people been made to be : ome their own sconrgere .
The matter has not been mended , when they have entrusted their funds into tho hands of a " Private Banker . " He , too , uses it to the disadvantage of the labourer . He does not keep it in his coffers I It is lent out to the men of no capital , who are thus enabled to build factories , bring into the labourmarket more machinery , to compete with the very men who have subscribed the very means he is trading with , and , in the end , reduce them to the parish
bcoz . Tne race of competition becomes so keen that the men with no capital fail ; these failures cause the Banker to M snspend payment ; " and when the working people are thus turned oat of employment , and forced upon the funds they have been creating for times of want , they » ihd thsib pd . nds all g ^ e ; and gone , too , be cause they were so unwise as to entrust them into the hands of those who used them to the end here indicated .
Of the horrible reality of this , many in Sheffield at this moment know but too well . The recent Bank falluwin that town has broken up many societies and clubs of working men , whose •* all" were placed in the hands of the " Bankers" for safe keeping . The Odd-FelloWB had more than £ 2 , 900 so circumstanced . They may think themselves fortunate if they realizd £ 500 , or 5 s . in the pound . How different would have been the result , had the working-people generally followed the plan adopted by the sick-club at Lambley , in Nottinghamshire , as detailed in the following communication ! What a much better bank" would a " Land Bask" have been for the £ 2 , 000 of the Sheffield Odd Fellows , than the Bank of Pabkbr , Shore , and Co . iB likely to prove !
Working people are often heard to say " how are we to get the lakdI" The good folks of . Lambley have shewn them one way hott ! It is an easy and a practicable one . It is worthy of all imitation . Let it be imitated ! Let all the money belonging to societies of working men , now in the hanas of Bankers , either govermental or private , and which is daily being used against the working man , be withdrawn and invested in the manner the Lambley "lads" have invested theirs ; and a considerable portion of lan » will be in the possession of working men ! Try it . It is the best Bank that money can be lodged in . It never fails ! Here is the plan as adopted by the villagers of Lambley : —
" TO THE EDITOR OP THB NOBTHERK STAB . " On reading over your recent leading article on thb land , I thought it would be well to lay before you . a plan that we adopted at Lambley some four yean ago . There were a few difldplta of the immortal William Gobbett in the sick dub at the above place ; and as we had money in the Savings' Bank , tre considered oar money would be more secure if it « u laid eat on l&nd , and conduce muck more to the advantage of the members . We had a great deal of prejudice to contend with in relation to this proposal ; bat by perseverance we induced the members to agree to lay their money out on land . We bought six and a half acres , and
divided it into half-rood lots , so that each member should have a portion who thought welL The consequence is , we can produce by spade cnlture from serenteen to twenty sacks of potatoes , ten pecks to the sack , upon half a rood . One half rood produced Between ¦ even and eight bushels of bailey . One individual set six hundred early cabbages , which were Tery fine , some weighing fifteen pounds ; and one portion of his land with early potatoes . These were the first xrop ; be afterwards transplanted sweed turnips on the Cobbett plan , as late as the last week in July ; and he realized a second crop , the turnips weighing from five to Beven pounds each .
" The members of the side dobs of Arnold and Woodfeorough , two adjoining Tillages , have drawn their money from the Sa-ringn * Sank , and bought Land with it , and receive similar bentfit . " When the inhabitants saw such a large produce from poor laud , there was a general anxiety manifested to become occupiers of land ; and a public meeting called in the Village , and a deputation of -working men appointed to wait on the Earl Manvers , he having land contiguous to the Tillage . The Noble Earl referred the deputation to his steward ; and he declined to comply with the wishes of the inhabitants of the vil lage . However , the Rev . Mr . Flamsted , Rector of the
Tillage , offered some twenty-five acres , at from thirty to thirty-six » hiiMngn per acre , free from the tithes , rates , and taxes , to be apportioned in small allotment * His offer -was accepted ; bat the land was in a rubbishly state through the neglect of the preceding occupier ,-who "was a farmer , and could no longer hold it to advantage . When it was laid ont in small allotments , and pat into the hands of working men , who cnltiT&ted it by the spade , it produced such a crop the first year that astonish ** all the farmers in thejfillags . The working men of Lambley have now in their possession one hundred and eighty-eight lots , consisting of from half a rood to half an acre each , amongst a population of eight hundred . ¦
" It vroald be well if members of sick clubs and members of friendly societies , who have money in Savings' Banks or any other bank , would -withdraw it , and lay it out In land , instead of patting it in the hands of the tyrants , who oppress as ; and instead of receiving three and a half per cent for the use of their money , they would receive , if it was laid out in land , and in their own occupation , » % least , one hundred per c * dW
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OUR " PROSPERITY" ! 1 At the conclusion of the bloody and protracted war waged against the rising liberties of France , the red-bot loyalists , whose zeal for the overthrow of Nafoleoh was so furiously manifested , blazoned forth , in variegated lamps , the following boastful sentence- " ENGLAND HATH NOT YET SEEN THE SUMMIT OF HER GLORY . "
Whether the w Life and Property men" were desirous of carrying the sword throughout the whole world ; whether they wished to Bee every land inearaardined with the blood of " the country ' s pride " , and rapine and plunder extend through all the earth , we know not . Being then , as now , opposed to the prosecution of unjust wan , we entered not into the counsels of the Loyalists .
However , time and circumstances have shewn what we and a few otherB anticipated as the result of the war ; namely , NATIONAL RUIN . The Whigs compelled Billy . Pitt to inscribe iouabod upon Britannia ' s Bhield . " The fine gold has become dim" —nay , it has become no gold at all . " The harp is hung upon the willows , " and the poor dejected M Mistress of the Main '' sits weeping beneath the oypress shade .
Poverty has laid siege against us . It goes on from conquering to conquer , and bids fair to overwhelm every grade of society , and sweep away every vestige of our once boasted greatness ; which , when accomplished , will giro US a full View of the " summit" of our consummate wickedness in carrying destruction and murder into the heart of nations who were minding their own business .
The least powerful , with respect to the management of publio affairs , have hitherto bees the greatest , if not the only sufferers . Now the middle classes cry peccavi ! The shopkeepers of every description ( save My Uncle" ) experience a lack of custom ; and the greatest possible difficulty , notwithstanding all their external display and incessant puffa , to make ends meet . Aye , and there is another shop—one in whioh business is carried on in the wholesale line , —we mean the house of Peel and Co- There , General Want has commenced an
attack ; and the assault has been too vigorous for the ** Invincibles" to repel . We are glad of it ! On Friday the 24 th ult ., Earl Minto " moved for returns respecting the present state of the navy . He required explanations as to why there had been less ship building last year than had been contemplated , and why a reduced vote was to ba taken for the present year 1 He inquired also the reasons of other reductions . " These queries appear to have frightened even the " Iron Duke . " M The Hero of a hundred fights" trembled lest the oat should jump
out of the bag . He doubted the propriety of furnishing the information "; and well he might . He knew full well how the matter stood and could not brook the idea of such humiliating facts being published to the world . However , maugre the advice of the ** Hero of the Age " , out came the ugly truth from the mouth of Haddinston , in the following form : — the reduced estimates fox the present year had been adopted with great reluctance , but it was felt that , owing to the state of the finances , some reductions should be adopted . "
This declaration of poverty is thought by Wellington to be pregnant with a mischievous" consequences to this country . True . It will be to the present managers of the establishment—just the same as a publio declaration of insolvency . It is a pretty specimen of our Greatness ; and foreign powers will , no doubt chuckle at the truthful , though reluctant acknowledgment of Haddinoton .
Faotion has long retained power by the employment of brute force , fraud , and intrigue , but' these weapons have , and ever will prove harmless—those who wield them must in the end relinquish the conteBt and stand unveiled before the world . ThiB declaration of a want of the "needful" at head quarters is one of the strongest possible proofs that can be given of the approaching downfall of despotism .. The machine cannot long be kept in motion . The THING must fall , and the people be made free . ^
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THE FRUIT OF THE SYSTEM . Misbulb is a prolific Bource of evil . Its ramifications extend far and wide . Eevery corner ef the land exhibits the baleful effects of its influence , and every grade of society presents its supporters and its victims . It is a poisoned fount whose serpentine stream has conveyed unutterable mischief in every direction . From the Senate the evil has descended to the ! Bar , from whence equity and justice have been swept away . By it the pulpit is polluted , and the temple of the Most High converted into a den of thieves . Our merchants , our manufacturers , and
our tradesmen are corrupted thereby ; hence arises commeroial competition and its ruinous train of evils —the substitution of shadow for substance , and the keeping baok of the hire of the labourer by fraud . The operatives also are vitiated by the concomitant corruptions of the system ; as witness the arrogance and pride assumed by those who are in the receipt of high wages for performing the least useful portion of labour . The "overlooker" ia generally found to be the greatest tyrant in an establishment , and he is frequently found to exercise tenfold more austerity towards the Blares over whom
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he has coutroul , tthau "the master" himself would have the effrontery to practice . Look also at the various societies , clubs , or trades ' unions whioh have been established for the protection of the interests of the working rcan . Taese have uniformly failed « f producing the results intended by the projectors and honest supporters of such societies . And why have they failed in the accomplishment of the desired end ! Not because the object was impracticable , the scheme Utopian , or
from any defeot in the rales by whioh the societies were governed ; bat their utility were marredtheir primary design thwarted—discord engendered —and the palm ef victory given into the hands of the antagoniBtio party by the very men for whose benefit the struggle was commenced and prosecuted . The traitors , as the working men well know , have been amongst the foremost in theirlowo ' ranks ; they have been the loudest in their professions of sincerity aud disinterestedness .
These things have caused distrust and divisions and darkened the prospects of the productive classes ; so muoh so , that many , very many sterling , uncompromising , and firm adherents of the cause of universal right have either east aside their armour , in despair of achieving a triumph in the present generation , or have slackened their wonted zeal . This ought not to be ; as divisions will arise , disappointments may be autioipated ; and wolves may be expected entering the fold in the garb of sheep . Against such , the good and honest ought to prepare themselves , and resolve to battle the foe whether naked or disguised—whether within or without oar camp .
We do not say that well-intentioned men cannot bej found in the Senate House , yet we are half inclined to subscribe to the truth of the oft-repeated saying that ** it iB impossible for an honest man to sit in the House of Commons . " A man maybe actuated by the best of motives when first entering as a member of that assembly ; but such is the system that he must be more than human if he remains long therein uncorrupted and proof against the wiles aud ensnarements of faction .
We do not affirm that the " brutal" Bpirit of an Abinoeb actuates all who labour at the bar ; nevertheless , we are " well convinced that the man will be despised by the Btjor part of the long-robed fraternity , who prizes justice more than filthy lucre , and who would rather plead the cause of the widow , the fatherless , and the oppressed , thaa subserve the purposes of the oppressor . AgainBt such the door of preferment will by closed so long aa the present system continues .
Men may be found in the priesthood who oorrupt not the Word of God , who hesitate not to- declare his whole counsel f yet they are few in number . Obscure wilt be the location of such ; poverty wil be their lot , and pooriwill be the flock they superintend . We may have a few honest men among our merchants , who would soorn to impose upon the ignorance of a purchaser *; but if such there be , rain will inevitably overtake them—unprincipled rivals . will drive them out ef the market by one means or other ,, and thus verify the adage— " an honest man cannot live . "
Ob * manufacturers too well know that unless they resort to the prevailing mode of deception , they have not the shadow of a chaaoe to succeed in business They must be adopts in fraud—they must know the utility ef glue , lime and paste , in giving substance to the cob-webs ; and they must know the intrinsic value of old rags , bags , and devilVdust , or they will soon figure in the GaxeUe . Tradesmen in all the varied branches are necessitated to conform to every species of imposition m order to succeed : or they must at onee abandon their profession .
The shopkeeper , or distributor of tho various productions of labour , must likewise follow the fashion ,, or " This Stock" will be " selling off at reduced priceB , " and the " Shop to Let , " in consequence of " the present occupier declining business ; " whioh ^ in plain English , means , the cart oan't be kept on the wheels . Now all those things are produced by oae great parent evil—misgovernment ; all the ramifications centre in one focus . They emanate from the
Legislature , and the onerous burden thereof falls , at last , upon the shoulders of the working , classes . Each class according to ita power and influence in the State oasts its burden off ita back upon that of the less powerful and influential , until the whole devolves upon the sons of toil , who having no power to abrogate the iniquitous laws and customs resulting from olass legislation , and which are sanctioned and fostered by the " masters of misrule , ' * are bowed down to the very dust * deprived of ev « 7 y comfort of life , and harried into a premature grave .
We again repeat , what we have often told the people , that is , the labouring class , that they are tho soul , the very life and staff o ( the natiou ; in them a power , though latent , exists equal to the removal of all the oomplained-of corruptions . They can remove the cause , and with it the effects . And to do this they most unite every energy against the common foe , direct every effort against the enemies ' citadel , contend for the whole measure of their rights , repudiate every thing whioh may smack of
" bit by bit reform , " or compromise , and mind to keep a watohful eye upon the movements of itinerating , noisy , " breast-baring" and " cannon-mouth facing" would-be leaders . Prudence , caution and perseverance are the indispensible requisites in our warfare , without the possession of which we shall indubitably fail in the accomplishment of our political redemption ; it , therefore , behoves us , one and all , to see that our every action quadrates with those essentials .
Before concluding these remarks we would direct the attention of our readers to a case of recent occurrence whioh , we opine , furnishes a most cogent and apposite illustration of the pernicious e&cts produced by the system upon the ordinary occupations of life—the declension it engenders in the human mind—the anti-social and anti-christian bias it gives to the actions of man in the performance of his duties to his fellows , and the odium which the operations of the infernal machine brings upon the character of those whom circumstances compel to follow its workings .
The circumstance to whioh we allude is , as before ohserved , of recent date , and has been communicated to us by parties concerned therein ; and we heBitate not in giving publicity to the facts , in the hope that a recurrence of such shameful conduct will be avoided by the system-corrupted party . A female , of the name of Sarah Butler , residing in the village of Burley , about two miles westward of this office , being far advanced in pregnancy , and her case demanding immediate attention ,
application vna made to Mr . Miles Atkinson , surgeon , of thiB town , who , it appears , thought his profession led him to other considerations than an attention to the pressing requirements of the afflicted , or the application of remedies adapted to their situation . The most weighty matter was , " Who pays the Doctor" t Yes , the PAY was the object of paramount importance . That was the only key whioh could open his pill-box ; the ' only channel through whioh medicine could flow to the relief of the afflicted .
Well , the Doctor goes in quest of the desired information , and soon ascertains that the woman is poor , bb well as sick ; consequently he resolved there should be no physio if there was not a clear and palpable indication of pooketingthe pat ; and , forthwith , ho eent her the following laconio epi&tle instead of a bottle of bis restorative : — " Mrs . Sarah Butler , I have made an enquiry about your circumstances , and find you are so poor that you are unable to pay a Surgeon , and therefore you muat get the Town ' s burgeon , as I shall not attend you . H . miles Atkinson , Surgeon . ' We copy the above from the original , it being now before us ; and wo think Buch another specimen of
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depravity produced on { the mind of man by the prevailing system , could not be found in the annals of the faculty . We hope , for the credit of the profession , thafr id « ould not . We have known oases approximating to it « but not onej so perfect in its kind . i Knowing ithai this land Bwarms with characters of the same kidney as the Levite spoken of in the proverb , and knowing alfl o that the visits of good Samaritans to the cottage of the indigent and the bed of sickness , are like thostfof angela , —
i " Few and far between , " we did not expect Milks Atkinson to distribute medicine gratis , or to visit the afflicted for nothing ; this would have formed a new era in the history of the profession ; yet , we do think that if the polluted stream had ) not flowed across his path , he would have been rather more discreet in his conduct towards the suffering patient . Though he might see his own pecuniary interest involved in the " -enqairy , '>
and his pocket might have dictated to him the necessity of retaining his commodity on t&e shelf without having the pay in hand or in fair prospect ; yet , had he not been infected with the epidemic of which we have spoken , he would himself have interceded for the sufferer , ! and procured a substitute ia the person of the " Town ' s Surgeon ; " and thus have spared the pang which ! must have torn the feelings ef the poor woman on perusal of his abrupt and insulting allusion to her destitution .
We wish Miles Atkinson was a man of thought , then we might ask him to place himself , only in imagination , in the position in which he found this poor woman—a fellow creature—one equal with himself in the sight of Goo , though sunk in poverty and writhing in agony of pain , —what would he have felt , when soliciting aid , at being told of his exigences in terms tantamount to a declaration that want ef worldly store constituted a forfeiture of sympathy , if not an actual crime ? We leave the reply to himself—if ] he be capable of reflection ; trusting that the coarse and insulting terms— " I SHALL NOT ATTEND YOU" will never more escape his pen or lips ..
We should conclude by reiterating the words , " Physician ) heal thyself ,. " did we not know the influence ( of the system we labour to destroy by the peaceful and firm establishment of the principles of justice , the fruit of whioh will be the antidote to that which { now intoxicates all ranks and professions , and which will induce them to aim at a conformity to the golden rule— " Do ye onto others AS VB WOULD THAT OTHERS ^ SHOULD DO UNTO YOU . "
We are right glad to have to conclude these observations by stating that- sympathy , though not found in the bosom of Mr . Miles Atbh ) son , is not extinct in Burley and its vicinity . A few generoushearted individuals being aware of the situation of Mrs . Bctlbb , both with respect to her ^ pecuniary difficulties and her physical wants , and being also informed of the treatment she had received from the person on whose conduct we have animadverted , immediately endeavoured to heal the wound his
insult had ] inflicted—they not only drove that unwelcome j visitant , want , from her cupboard and supplied her with necessaries for the hour of nature ' s trial , but took espeeoial care thai a medical gentleman should be engaged who would crimson at the idea of giving utterance to tha words " I shall not attend you . " We rajoioe that such kindhearted people are in the land , and we trust that their example will prove to ba a benefit to the pelfloving Doctor .
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My Fbsends , —The "ides of March are come , " "but they are not gone . " The tug of war" has begun among the lawyers . Their "jawing tackle" was set in motion this morning a little after nine o'clock . Our " Peers " have been sworn , the Attorney-General has made his onslaught , and his " ragged regiment" of witnesses is now under review . Four witnesses have been examined , who all prove that a strike took place among the cotton districts last August , and that meetings were held at Hyde and other placesat some of j which meetings the Charter was
mentioned , and ) at all of which meetings the people were strictly enjoined and counselled to keep the peace and to respect property . As I happened to know- all this before , ] and as I am given to understand that many other ! witnesses of exactly like oharaoter are yet to follow , I have left the case in the excellent keeping of O'Connor , Roberts , and the other counsel , together with suoh of my brother " conspirators " as may feel { more personally interested -than'I do in the detail of these things , while I Bit down and "report progress" to you .
I must do the Attorney-General the justice to say that he stated tbs > case fairly and even mildly . In his detail of fasts and matter relative to the " strike" movement ,, there was no effort to overcharge the picture ; aor any attempt toesoite and work upon the prejudices of the Jury . With one exception only , so far as I know , he stated the facts just as they ] were . That exception , however , was a most material and important one . I am unwilling to believe that it was wilful , but must wait the result of the further proceedings and the evidence of the remaining witnesses before I say more about it . The doctrine of the Attorney-General , that all the parties
who by resolutions , placards , and other means encouraged the people to uphold the strike , are liable for every overi act of all the parties concerned in the strike , is a moat sweeping and comprehensive one ; and he &nda the necessity of applying it with very wide latitude for the sustaining of the " conspiraoj" charged in the indictment . I shall have muoh to Bay to you on this speech of the Attorney * General's ^ and on the matters and things referred to in it , when the trial is once over ; but until then I say nothing ^ that I may not furnish * any hint of instruction to the eaemy . Had every man been as careful in thisrespect as I have been it might have been better for the cause . But let that pass : my time will come .
It is of course impossible to form any judgment yet bow tha verdict may go , but I am . told by the Lawyers that in any case sentence will not be given now , but that we must be brought up for judgment next term , ] which is sometime in May ; so that I shall—other circumstances permitting—hava some further opportunity cf working with and for you before the'i rest day . " As you will find elsewhere a full report of the speech and of the other proceedings up to tomorrow night—perhaps later still—I need not oocupy space with a recital of them here . I
bid you only , by the love you bear yourselves jour children , and your oountry—whatever be the issue , to take care that our glorious cause receive from it an accelerated movement . This conviction will well reconcile the minds of all the true friends to the cup Which , in the cause of liberty , may reach their lips , whatever it may be . I have great confidence that this will be so . Your energy and aeal will rise with the occasion . I was delighted with the spirit manifested by the Hull " lads " at my leaving them on Sunday . Our little " Bethel" was crammed full : there were more than could sit down
to tea , and never did I see a better spirit manifes ed —a spirit that should actuate . Christiana , Chartists , and Patriots—full of kindly feeling , but of virtuous resolve and of oautious discrimination . O ! that we had but a few millions of such Chartists as those of Hull and North Lancashire ! Where prudence tempers boldness , and where boldness sustains prudence , men seldom fail . Thank God the tide of intelligence and judgment rolls on , and , as it progresses , covers the extended surface with a steady flux of the dear water of
truth , unmingled with the mud of folly . The cleansing progresses . The filth is being rapidly thrown out , and the dregs are draining off to the cess-pools jopened for them by the factions . This is good . The people will soon be free , when they become intelligent and united . They are becoming intelligent ; this induoes them to cast out knavery and folly ; this will produce union ; and tmion will give power to overthrow corruption , and to seat firmly the fair form of freedom upon the throne of righteousness , while they receive the blessings of abundance and . enjoyment under her peaceful sway .
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Go on and slack not . Speedy and triumphant shalt be the succesa of your cool , peaceful , and wise de 3 mination . or er " Lancaster , Wednesday . '
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Jambs Jagoeb . —The note will stand for six vear * ; f it be made payable on demand ; andil atti . end of six years , the interest be paid and a « cetpt taken for it at the back of the note At *' £ & stand for six years longer : and so on forT years after every payment of interest . Communications to the Coal Miner ' s Executive m »/ rf be addressed , until further notice , t » n ^ Toumsend , Gawthorp , Wakefitld , as D . Swallou the secretary , is now on a visit to thecounfesn } Durham and Northumberland . ' Communications for Mr . Swallow must be sent to James Sinclair , No . 25 , High-brid ge-itreet New castle-upon-Tyne . All letters must bemermiA or they will not be taken . J ^ epautt A 3 ERDEKN . —If Mr . Thomas Davies would write to John Smart , 154 , Gallowgate , giving address U would oblige . '
Wm . Emmerson , Arnold . *—We slated the fact at the time of its occurrence .- we know nothing further ofthe fellow . Leices-seb . —The Committee of Cooper ' s Detenu Fund appeal to the publxerfor increased subicrin tions on his behalf . They are £ 24 tn debt , exchh sive of the expences oj the coming trial . J . H . Pabby , London , writes to say that the an . nouncement of his lecture in- the Chartist £ fe // Turn again-lone , in our last paper , teas made without his sanction , and evenvnlhtmt consultina him . . ' * Wm . Davidson , Dundee , should send his letter to th * Paper in which the Jake report was inserted that is , if the affair is worth his notice at all We should treat it as it deserves—silently . '
A . S . W ., CinrAa Angus . —We shall reserve hit letter on Emigration . Scotch News . —We receive generally ^ every week three or four letters from Scotland after the Papers for the North are printed- and in flj Post-office . Our Correspondents should send their letters to be here by Wednesday or Thurt . day mornings Some of them do not ' appear the week fallowing on account of their age-.
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17 the Chartists of Burton-on-Trent and Church Greasley will look oat tor a more sottsftt unit they will oblige .
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The spring assizes for the northern division of the county of Lancaster , commenced at Lancaster on Saturday last . On the evening of that day , Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe , Knight , one of the barons of her majesty's Court of Exchequer , arrived in Lancaster by railway tram from London , which reached Lancaster about eight o ' clock . William Gsrnett , Esq ., of Lark Hill , Salford , the high sheri& tarmea with : his cortege and retinue , by special trai& from Manchester , about four o ' clock ; and he proceeded to the railway station to receive the lord baroa * on Ha arrival .- His llordship- proceeded at once to tha caetle . And opened her majesty ' s commission ia the
Crown Court , adjourning the court to Mondayoorning at ten o ' clock . On Sunday morning , the liaraed jodge ^ accompanied and attended by the high sheriff the mayor , and several ofthe aldermen of Lancaster and other gentlemen , attended divine service at Si Mary's , the parish church . The sermon was preached by the Re 7 . Richard Parkinson , BJ ) canon of Christ ' s Church , Manchester , the- high sheriffs ohaplain . The Rev . Gentleman took for bis text , Matthew viii . 8 , " Bat be ye not calledRabbi ; for one is your master ,. even Christ , and all . ye aw brethren . " The preacher adverted to the inequali ties in the outward condition and circumstances o ( men , as one of the consequences and result of tha primeval curse , and the command , that man should
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow jaad remarked , that while many of the productions of the earth , fit for the food of man , grew epoutsna * eusly , corn , the chief article of man's food , deaasded a large amount of human labour before it-could b » raised . He then dwelt on the present condition of the people , . physical , moral , aud spiritual ; and attributed the present state of things in part to tfee lack of spiritual education , and condemned secular education as of itself unproductive of any good , bat rather of mischief . He dwelt on the late riots , in connection with those views , and expressed his opinion thai tbo remedy for the evil was to be found in chinch t $ Un ~ sion , and with it the meaxs of spiritualortidyjioua instruction for the people .
CROWN COURT , MONDAYw Mr . Baron Rolfe entered the Crown Csoit , this morning , about Era minutes after ten o ' clock ; and , as Boon as he had taken his seat upon the-bench , tha following gentlemen were then sworn of the Grand Jury , being what is termed a full jury , every one of the twenty-three summoned anaweriagto their names : — John Wilsow Pjktten , Esq ., Bank Ha ll , Warring ton , Foreman . Thomas Batty Addison , Esq ., Preston . Lieut .-Col . [ John Austen , Fishwick ..
John Bentley , Esq ., Birch House . Cornelius . Bourne , Esq Stalmine HaiK Charles Brandt , Esq ., Golden Hall . Joseph Buehell , Esq ., Myerscongh Cottage . William Clayton , Esq , Loetock Hall . Thomas Bright Crosse , Esq ., Shaw Hill . William Ashton Croase , Esq ., Red Soar . John Cunclifte , Esq ., Myersoough House . Pudsey . Dawson , Esq ,, Hornby Castle . James Nowell Farington , Esq ., Worden Hall . Henry Master Fielden , Esq ., Witton . Abraham Rawlinson Ford , Esq ,, Ellel HalL Thomas Robert Wilson France , Esq ., Rawchffa
John tfowden Hindle , Esq ., Woodfold Park . Edmund George Hornby , Esq ,, Lancaster Part . Samuel Horrocks , Esq ., Lark Hill , Preston . Charles Roger Jackson , Barton Lodge . William Marshall , Esq ., Peawortham Lodge . Thomas Yates Parker Miohaelson , Esq ., itemw Isle . Robert Townley Parker , Esq ., Cuerden HalL The Clerk of the Crown having read her Majeg # s proclamation against vice , profaneness , and immo rality , the Learned Judge proceeded to deliyer-nB charge to the Grand Jnry in the following
: — Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , I have perused the depositions , I believe ia all the cases whiofi win come before you , at least in all that I am , aware of ; and I am happy to . say , that it does not appear to me at present that there are any q : 13 *^ 118 ., ? them which may be likely to occasion any dunouuy From the unfortunate state of this part of the worlOj at least of the Boathtrn part of this coantyi ana some portions of the adjoining enes , I was . somewhat apprehensive that some cases of that naiaremigns have occurred , whioh would have led to observations from me ; but I am very happy to Bay , that , on jwJCing through the depositions , it-does not appear u »* there is any case , arising out of the disturbances oi last summer : and though there aro a good manj
cases , yet I believe there are not more than at" *™* assizes . " His Lordship said he had loosed through m depositions in one case ; but he found , on inquiry oi the officer , wiat he had supposed would be tne case , that the bill in that case had beea already tornAr : being a case of murder committed someyears ago ; ana thereforeit ' would not Come beforothe Grand Jury uw inquiry . His Lordship then adverted to the > nd « tn $ " against a woman for conoealingfthe birth of ner ur gitimaie chilcL Thero was no charge of murder , H » child being still-born ; but the indictment w » w a misdemeanour in concealing the birth , by Beo ^ J burying the body or otherwise deposing ot it * * Z doubt he had was , from finding that a nw ^ f . persons were privy to the burial ; viz . the « S"E " the party , the supposed father of the childhunseUi * neiffhbour . and the sexton : but , if there was any
representation of the body as being different from wnw it reall y was , so as to make it a secret disBoaw . wiMi the view of concealing the birth , then tha case mm come within the purview of the statute . In anoWB case , in an indictment for burglary , thereimigttt «> doubt whether the facts would warrant the jory m finding the billjfor it appeared doubtful , whether-w place was a dwelling-house at all or not . It «« nw necessary to constitute the offence , that the masm himself should dwell there ; if any . P « « * JJ family or servants did , that was sufficient . «<* JT it necessary that they should he actually « J «™* J } the house at the time , if they did usually Jtj ana „!„„« ?! , „ . « Tf it ehnnW nrore that the pi «»
entered wal * denned ffomlhe d « riUggg . tg the charge of burglary could npt be Ba 8 tame ^_ "T thought ft was likely , however , that it would turn ouj to bl a part of the dwelling-house , WjjJJJjBJ had been acoidentaUy omitted in the wpgggg His lordship also adverted to ^ a-ease or au «^ manslaughter , in which the deceased and , * now « man had been fighting , in a state I" ** » £ J » £ 8 l and shortly afterwards the deceased wjj « gj killed , a cart having run over him . If thu ^ SSS by accident , it could not be f dffljwg bit the question would be , whether the ^ cartrunB'flS over him and killing him was a , »«« gSS « quence of his antagonist striking mm , "f " ^^ f him down . If the immediate cause of-dea h . * f £$ [ « m * hnn and not vrovterhoc , then it would M »»
dental but , under the circumstances , wg-J jury had done quite right in returning a < ; er ™ Jgelf manslaughter . If any difficulty B ^ KJheni M to the minds of the jury , he would that * we mention it to him ; but , having ^ fj ^ TJ * lidepositions , he found tha other cases w « re ot 8 «
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"THE HOUSE" VOTING THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE THE NEW POOR LAW CONFORMABLE TO CHRISTIANITY ! Ma . Walter hasmoved his series of Resolutions , founded on the SECRET document ; and " the HouseV has rejected them ! He has proved that the object of the concocters and promoters of the New Poor Law was to starve the poor ; and he called upon "the Honse" to rescue the Poor from the hamds of the starversj and w the House " REFUSED !
A copious Report of the Debate on the occasion will be found in our present sheet . We have given more particularly the speeches of Mr . Walter and Mr . Ferrand , the mover and seconder of the resolutions . They will be read with deep interest , containing , as they do , evidence most irrefragable , that the operation ot the New Poor Law , is just what itB authors intended it to be . The revealments made to " the House" by Mr . Feriund , respecting the conduct of the " Guardians " in the Skipton Union , in consigning the
poor inmates of the Skipton Workhouse , idiots and all , to the tender meroies" of Seed and Co ., at Addiogham , for the purpose of reducing the wages of the regular " hands , " are eminently instruotive ; and the indignant exposure of the practioesof this same Seed and Co ., by the Factory Inspector , speaks volumes as to the humane and forbearing character of the * ' masters" to whom the Skipton " Guardians" consigned the helpless poor ! Bat it mattered not that these revealments were
made ! It mattered not that evidence was given that the operation of the law was to deal out death on every hand . It mattered not that it was proved that the intentions of its authors were to starve the poor ; it mattered not that these things were shewn : " the Honse" rejected the Resolutions , which , if passed ,, would have pound it to have reconstructed the Poor Law , and made it " conformable with Chbibtiakitt and sacred policy" / "The House " voted that it would not again open the question , and legislate in thiB Bpirit !
Never mind ! The law is doomed ! The blow has been struck ! The discovery and exposure of the Secret Recommendation to starve the poor have done their work ont of doors . The feelings of indignation and disgust they have excited will spirit-up the opposition within doors . They will bind themselves together in a firmer bond than ever . Should the Government determine on introducing and carrying the measure again in its present stage , they will obstruct their progress / Last year by euch means were the Government defeated : this year , they will be more likely to have it warm and hot 1 Again we say , the law of death is doomed . '
To The People.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct640/page/4/
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