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THE Is T OE,THERJN STAE. SATURDAY, MARCH 13,1041.
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CHHA .-W-3 learn , from th-3 express KC ^^ , received , tlm in Chics Eo'hfcg decide i » . \ y * ^ . « v of negotiation had yet taken phc- tto ^ -h " after eoms delay , the preliminaries bid ' ^ n \ JjjJ * > £ Imperial Commissioner , Kesher Sedi ^ Jnn on November 29 , audit wu ^ S If £ ' ' i ^^ Pili on by the Chinese i . /¦ '•• % « « *««» ^^ fired KlhsAnnPPtiv P-rn 5 . ¦ & * Bogus fort , but this WS £ Canton if ?* ^ . rims however , in tire newa from ZT . r ?* ,, - -. e % « M »« AioQ of Admiral Ellioton the
, Vnifl i- -a ' , * ltfl . tie shifted his flag from the Mel-Irr £ y tb ' eYolsifO on the 29 in of November , and * 7 >¦» upjnediaJKy for Singapore , leaving fttfccouv . Ad Cf the fleet to Commodore Sir J . G , Bremer , f t » A * Jie negotfeition of affairs in the hands « f Gapt . S&ot . The squadron at th « mouth of ih » Canton ilver amounted to eleven ships of . war , besides steamers Kid store-ships ; too remainder cf the fleet , under -Caftain F . Bourohier , were at Cbssan . The troops tk » re wore still saffering from -sickness , bat not in » great a degree as had previosgly been the case , rfiough few oi them could be locked upcn as fit forserTice , Mr . Stanton had been released . Th ?
Adasral left Singapore for Etgliafi-an the 20 & of Basfcnber . ^ ¦ SU bIA . —India was compar&tirejy trarjquilj « . c-* ordiag to the news received % tae recent ^ x-¦ prjsses . Nusseer Khan and tfee contumacious Bslooches were suing for peace . In Afghanistan , kowever , the Dooranees , apoa « ffhom Snah Seojah : tad mainly looked for support , * nd revolted . Oae "" writer says , tho whole country has risen . " Tfle * -widow of Karrukh S " : xga ( and cot Nao Nebal Singh , as she was at first supposed to be ) had obtained undivided possession -ef the throne of sLahore , as Regent , and was in close ieacue witn the illegitimate eon of Ranjee * Sifigh . ~ 2 fepal 13 Still considered to be disaffected .
EGTFT . —Tne Eastern -question is once more nnsettled . Thenraiana casT ^ ying vo Mehemef Ali the hereditary government of £ gypt arrived at Alexandria on the 20 A . Among the more stringent conditions , the Pasba is required to limit Ms army to 20 , 0 i >* J men , of whom 18 , 000 are vo be in Egypt and 2 , 000 in Constantinople , ' he is cal ! cd upon to pay three years' tribute- he is restricted from appointing any officer ia Egypt above a certain rank , which is considered equivalent to the rank o < Adjutsn :-Major ; and tbe Soltan is to choose the
Pasha ' s successor from among his descendants , the Pashalic not being eecared to tbe direct line . To the two last conditions Mehemet Ali had peremptorily refused his assent ; appealing to Commodore . Nap : er and the good faith of England for fcupport . Napier is said to have concurred in disapproving of the cosdirloas ; and be remained at Alexandria , when the latest accounts left , on the 24 th , to attempt a Eeitktutnt of the ' -dmerence . —Ibrahim Pasha had proceeded to Damietia . Great complaint is made cf the obstructions which General Jochmus had offered to the retreat of Ihrahim ' s armv .
TJ 1 Y 1 TED STATES . —A rumour prevails of preparations making by Lord Palmcrston to enforce the liberation cf Mr . Si'Leod , still in confinement in the United Slates . Ten sail of the line are said to iave been ordered to assemble at Gibraltar , and thence to proceed direct to the American coast , prepared to act in case of emergency . Lord Palmerston is said to have sent instructions to Mr . Fox , our Ambassador at Washington , to demand peremptorily the immediate release of Mr . M'Leod . Morning Advertiser .
The E . ES 0 LCH 0 S 5 offered to tie House of Repie-Eentaxives of the Sia ; e of Maine , on the subject oi repelling wha * is stjkd " Briusa £ g £ ression / were taken up by the Senate on the 13 : a uli ., and , alter having been amended by inserting 1 , 000 , ( j 00 Uoliars iUStead Of £ 00 , 000 daila r 3 for the defence of the State , TTerD referred to the Boundary Committee . Mr . Davis then offered the following resolution , which was TcferTed io lbs same Conmiuc-e : — 14 Resolve for repelling foreign invasion , and pro-Tiding Tor the proieeiioa of tbeS : a : e . u Be it resolved . That : he President of the United Stales be requested aiidur ^ ed to cause the immediate remoTal of the foreitra armed force by which our State is invaded , st&t . ou&i u .-on the uppsr valley oi the St . John ' s , and that the Government of the United Siatea be earnestly invoked to relieve this Siaie from the present heavy needless burden of its cwn defence *"
The following resolutions were also offered aud referred to the same Committee : — " Whereas ^ hs Siaie of Maine is dott . svSering the disgrace of uiiresisted iiritish invasion , begun in 1839 , repeated in 1840 , and continued up to tkis hour , is . vioiarion of the most solemn stipulations , and whereas we Lave no faith in the efficacy cf Begotiai : < jH 3 wiih a psn-er which has so rep&ateGjV disregarded its Guib ^ r ^ ts pledges , ai ; d believe taai fnither iorbearacc * on ccr pan to assert tht righls and Tindicaie the hoaour oi our itate will prove as unavaiiii-g as ii will cciwicly prove humiiiiting—Therefure
" Resolved , That the Governor be authorised to take immediate measures to remote the troops of the Queen of Gre ^ i Britain , cow quartered on the terriicry cal : ed diipuitdby the Biiii ^ a Government , bit by the treaty oi 17 o 3 , by the resoluiious of both Houses of Congress passed : n 183 S , and by repeated resolvet cf the L ^ := ia " . ure of iiiiine , cicarjy aud uneq-jivocaViv a pox ; of tLe righ . iu . i sou oi vais State . " ? Wkeck . or the Hxuoise Isdiamas . —FAUiurTH , Sunday . —The Leeds ^ icaiLer , ¦ vviuca Cims ia from Gibraltar y « urcay , &ud takes this letter , ai 2 p . m ., brings the di ^ astious ^ ews of a jarge iatiiaman , the Heroine , having tasn wrecked ctf ( Lpe fcpartel , wiih a consiuerab . e lots of hfe . Tiic Gibraltar
Chronicle of the 23 d says—* On tee njghc of aunuij " , the I 4 ti _ insu tls iiriiish ludiaiaan iicrolECj from China bound to Lo = < on , waa io ; aliy iosinpar Azvi ^ , not far from Cape Spirtel . Out of sixty persons on board , abou ; th . rty-iour are believ ^ i to have perisbedjDrincipa-iy Lascars . " TaE lixviL ' s Law Agais '—At GaildLall , 02 Saturday , two young women , named Ann Weeks and Saraii Hart , \\ cxe brougai tn ; ibre sir Chapman iiaTiiiali , tliai ^ sd wiia couiiuitiiiig wiiiui damage at the \ Ye = ?> Lonivn Uuita-huuse . Mr . HiJer , the Reiievlu ^ Officer , statc-i that the pri-Eoaers hid been rtttivcd inio the rifu ^ e ior casual poor belon ^ iEi ^ to aii ^ ant parisce 3 ou . b ' riuay n ;^ u ! , and ou ike fuiiotTing iaoriiing ihcy Lau attatUeu
the window ? , and ueiDolishcd six paxes . The casaa ^ ues w-re becoaiiag to numerous ai ; d troujlescme , ihat n tv ^ s cLfi ^ 'oiJ to manage ihem . Ti : ey had demolished a . i iua winduws of lue building they were placed -. 3 , smasiisd . the gas lamp , destroyed tae stove , a ' aci c : mnui ; e < i oiher mischief . Some of them aumittcd ihe > - covtie . i ibe biticr dist of the gj . o : ? , ana wo aid say , " Wi * y do y ^ a keep u = here ! ' W . ny d > u'i vou give us in tiiai 4 >' , and ^ ud us to UrideTteii . " 1 ; : S appiicaiits iur auraisaisn 10 tbe reioge i ^ otv amuuiiied to alty per i ^ m . Sir Chapmin ^ iarshail ai ' H&d ihe prisoners where they cazce from , and vri . y they brute tie wmuowa '
Oce saad ^ : e i-Aine ir-joi K .. > cnf < jra , m iussti , and the Other ixoai Chc ^ iiire . 'liiey broke ihe window =, beciuse siiey cumu g-i eo oiher relief iLau a imail quantity of dry bread , and on tiie d ^ y before had been denied evea lUit . ilr . iiiiler adriiitt-ed the aUowan&e was oniy a cerjain weight 01 creid , bui he conld a' . i = ' . vtr ior ii taat if liiey slcp ; at the Refuge on Tiiurscay ai ^ ht they were off-red sonie bread on Friuay zaoruiug . 5 t C . Marshaii said it was true inai BrlUsweli was not a place of punishment , as compared with the Union ; but he mu ; t enforce ihe law zs he found i » , and he , therefore , committed th * priijnera to Bridewell for two
Bourns . CfiCiLTr of a MoxHEa to heb . Chilb . —A woman , named A . nn iioore , jii > out iony years of a ^; e , and or Tery repulsive ap ^ earirlice , Wis ehar ^ ed with crueky io her ilitr ^ iiimii-i cliud , a lilllsgirl , ei ^ ht jenxs ui » ge . lets ; ace ana hta-l of the poor girl were dreacifmly disfi ^ urcii and wouaded . Cue eye was quit-e dosed , aud braises aud cuiswcre all abuut her htad ; her moicer fc < n ± useC bvih toegs ana kmfe in prodating the iujjrics . Tiie inhtinan parent was commiiisi to take her trial lor cutting and wounding , wi : k intent to do seine grievous boaiiv harm .
Tas LiBSKiTua . —Aias ! poor Dan ! and ha 3 it eome to trus pass , ihat ne wno threa-ientd 10 invade our GhiTtist camp Wiic 5 O 0 , fcn > of the fine " pisantry , " has iiei into an obscure corner to spout his blarney ? Has Ut 3 right aim of Wliiggery become so weafc as to be only fctre : ehed forth amid a small squad ot his half-siarved ana benighted coumrymen ? So it SppearsiJor Dan l ' eit very desirous to meet the Repealers on Sunday evening , at ths Aiseuibjy Room , Tteobaiu'o ivuaci , London . The fears 01 tht O'ConnellUtS prompted them to be as quiet as posEibie io aanouacu . g the above , which was only < lone by sez ^ iag uuiice to the T&rioufi QlEtricis located by Jrtfiiiaea , and very small handbills iu ihe holes and c ** raers . On eacn siue of the entrance to the room , a gumbet of the u pisaniry ' were mKshaUefl , ready < in iheir la . bi > uring guits , to eject * ny anfortuuate vtigli who might happen 10 evince my disapprcba-iias , ssh ^ e fteitsiwg 10 the trash put
forth by ifie trickster . After some tune beyond Usat appointed for the comEseeccment tf < proceedings , s shoat at the door seemed to bs the signal of the approach of the juggler . Not so ; D-lI was too imowiDg for that . Anxious for his *« ety , be seat cne of bis journeymen traffickers in mock liberty to try tbe ground , wto , seeing things pretty fair au >> Dg the few cuuntrymtn assembled , tne aide-ae-eaiL . i > j Tom Steels , immediately communicated with bis - General , who m a . bout ualf an hour after arrived in & hackney-coach , ; . rece ^ ed by Lis messenger in a cab . Dan then treated lus little auditory wi ; h one of his thoEfcand-us ; ^ -repeated speeches , with this addition : he caallrugid ine Cnanists to appoint twenty of their party , aud allow him to cnoose twenty for himse !/ , tv t ' uim a Jury to examine bi 3 conduce on the chaigts fcrc-u-ht against him I 11 Bra-o I Dan . But . Lave yon uat registered a vow in hsav . n ! Yon koow you ¦ R- ouidms . ke yourself scarce .
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' f& % LtGi = LiTURE of M . ' . isk has Toted a sv , mo ; isjonev for ihs parpo ? e of " removing the troops of , the Qaeon of Great Britain from the territory called ' disputed * by tne British Government . " The Pbtncb op Moscowa , the SOc of Marshal Ney , was admitted a member of the French Chamber of Peers on Saturday . Tue Prince , before taking the oath , intended to" t&ter into a protest against the sentence of bis &ther , but was eilenced by the President . Government intend . immediately to do aw&y with army agents , and ttie paymasters of regimentswill in future communicate direct with the paymaster-general . A saving of £ 24 ^ 00 per annum will be made fey this ; the Irish agents will first begot rid of , and the English ones will sooa follow . — Hampshire Telegraph .
A Ntw TaiCJi in Tra-os . —A * a clever , x ^ ntrivance ought not always to remain a secret , it may be well to publisb the following mode of obtaining labour very cheaply indeed . The plan is , to engage a &op assistant , agree upon terms . &c in a liberal way , but to stipulate for one month's -services , without salary , as a trial ; then , at the end of the month , to find a little fault , or pick a quarrel * nd part . In this way twenty assistants may be had in as many months , wuhout paying any wages whatever , and if this is not cheap labour we know not what is . When we think of the rapacity which originates this robbery of the industrious , aad the deterred hopes , and the heart-breaking disappointments to which it leads , the utmost indignation of the public seems too gentle a punishment , for the unprincipled perpetrators of s » ch a syt-tem . Our brother editors should notice this , as a caution to applicants for situations . Employers ought to have characters as well as servants . —Liverpool Albion .
Peuttebs' Aw&extices . —At Marylebone policeoffice , on Saturday , Mr . Isaac Chapman , a printer , employing a great Dumber of workmen , &t his residence , 103 , Star-street , Paddington , atteuded before Mr , Hardwiek , oa a summons obtained against him by Thomas Lockley , one of his apprentices , for refusing to continue to employ him . It appeared that the complainant was receiving from his masttr for his services 133 . per week . The task of drawing a truck had been imposed upon the youth , and he had objected to do it , "which caused his master to refuse to employ him . The magistrate decided that it was no part of the business of the apprentice , as it was botii an inconvenient and dangerous practice , as many accidents might arise therefrom in the public streets .
Messy , Fat , and " Dripping . "—A very laughable scene took place on Saturday evening last , at a place called Lane's Pool , in Chadderton , near Manchester . A party of Latter Day Saints , headed by their preacher , went to the above place for the purpose of ' dipping" a woman , whose weight could not be much less than eleven score . The minister , wishing to be very cautious with such a weighty customer , tied a large shawl round her waist , so as to h * vc a firmer hold of her . He th < m gave her a souce in tho water , but she , being the heaviest of the two , pulled his worship in with her ; and had it not been for the timely assistance of the crowd , both would most likely have been drowned , the pool being deeper than they expected .
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FBOH 0 UH LONDO . V COBRESPO . fDENT . Metkopolitas Petition Committee . —It is not so generally known a 3 it ou ^ ht to be , that there is in the metropolis , a ' Petition Committee , " consisting of the following delegates : —Messrs . Robert Southcombe and Armstrong Walton , for tho City and Liberty of Westminster ; Mr . John Rose , for Bcrmondsey and Waausworth ; Mr . Samuel Ford , for Kensington ; ilr . John Simpson , for Walworth and Camberwell ; Mr . John Murray , for the Borough of Marylebone ; Mr . John Moy , for the Borough of Lambeth ; Mr . John Mills , for the Borough of the Tower Hamlets ; and Mr , J . W . Parker , ( who i « ,
pro tern ., secretary . ) for the City of London . This Committee have / during the brief period of their labours , got np eighty-eight petitions for the Charter ; for Frost , \ ViUums , and Jones ; for Robert Peddie , and for the political victims generally . They have also received one from Worsbrough Common , near Banisley , in favour of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and the political victims generally . The Committee meet 3 every Tuesday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fieet-street ; where they are willing to receive charge of petitions in favour of the Charter and the political victims , from all parts of the country , and undertake to see them effectively presented .
The Is T Oe,Therjn Stae. Saturday, March 13,1041.
THE Is OE , THERJN STAE . SATURDAY , MARCH 13 , 1041 .
MEASS TO AN END . THE XEW ASD OLD PLAXS OF ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER
ASSOCIATION . We stated , in our last , that the new plan of organization was necessarily lesa stringently expressed , and , therefore , more open to abuse , by a laxity of discipline , than the old one . The old plan was admirably well conceived , and every way calculated to work well for the concentrating of the La'ioa's energies upcn any or . e point ; but it , was too good to be capable of subsisting safely under the
rascally forms of law which class legislation finds , at , d ceems necessary , for its protection . The pair .: ? , however , iu which the new plan falls short of the ful ! energy of the old one , in expression , are po : n : s to be not ^ d by the people , whose gsoi sense and determination will , we have no doubt , fullv crake up , by their own practical and individual fcxer . icu , for every discrepancy in active operation , which might otherTviie have existed between the two
p : aas . We desire to see the new pl-n universally adopted , because of Us consoo&ivce -with the law ; while , at the ssEie time , we desire that , in active operation , not oae jit of the eatiro efiuieacy of the old one should be sacrificed ; we think that both those objects rcay be secured , if the people be alive and earueit ; and hence , we purpose to compare the two , ; o exhibit the discrepancies between them , aad to show the people how tht y may , and mu ? t , as individuals , supply ail the Ihiks of the grand rational chain of firmitcde , viLich the curning of class lesi . 'lation has prevented from beini ; introduced into the actual arranc-ements of xiie Eocie ' . y .
T \ e begin , tbeii , trith the General Council , the Eomicaticn nnd election of which should be proceeded with imtcuttr . Tnis General Council appears to us to be merely the suDstitution of a general designation for the local Councils already in existence . The dli plan Eay 5 : — ' E 3 ch priEcipal to' ^ a , with its suburban villages , sbail tave a Couacil of nine persons , including an issiit&nt Treasurer aud Secretary . " The new plan £ ay » : —
" Every town or viuage ia wmch members of this Association shall be rt ^ deut , may nominate one or more persons as members of the G ncral Council ; the nomination to take place every twelve months—that is to say , on the 1 t day of Dt-Ctmber ia each year ; tbe election of sucii Cuuncillura by all the members of the Association to be taten on the 1 st day of January next fouowing , " Now hare is , ia the first instance , an avoidance of what we have observed to bs a source of
dissatisfaction and dispute beforetime , the linking together oi each principal town , witii its suburban villages ; by the new plan , every village may have its own council , aud its own trcSiUrcr and secretary , to do its own business s . nd look after its own pecce , tbe officers being , by the mode of their election , officers not for that part only , but for the whole of the Association throughout the kingdom ; while , at the same time , no place is bound to nominate officers , unless it be though : necessary to do so , eo that a 3 many of the suburban villages as choose to merge their right in tho nomination of officers in that of any principal
town , may Etill do so , as at present . The mode of nomination , we take it , may be precisely that which is now adopted for the election of the several local councils , but with this difference only , that the members of the Association must bear in mind always , that no meetings of any separate part or section of the Association , nor any meetings of the members of the Association resideat in any particular place , &s such , can be ( legally ) holden ; but they may also bear in mind , that in becoming members of the National Charter Association , they lose not one
of their prevwuEly holden rights , a 3 citizens and Chartists . They have a right to meet in their individual capacity as Chartists ; to interchange their opinions and sentiments upon , any subject of discussion ; and , if a difference of opinion arise , to take means for a . ;> cen aining how many of them adhere to the one or-to the oiher side . They can , therefore , thus talk over a . *^ 015 ^ e 2 CD other , at their weekiy meeting 5 : the rcspec * 6 merits of the several candidates for the General Cc VQllcilj * && ascertain , by vote or otherwise , which of thC'D in&J hare ths greatest number of supporters in that locality , aud these will , of course ,
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be nominate . To make this plairij we will supper ? the nomination of memb&Ts for the aext General Coimoil to be now taking place , aB indeed it ought to be ; tho Chartiafs of Bradford meet ia their usual place of resort , oa Monday evening ; amoeg other subjects of diacuEsion , the relative merits of nine men wht > have started as candidates for tbe General Council , and out of whom , seveu are ta be elected , comes upon the carpet ; the people express their opinion upon the matter by vote ; they have a right to do so ; it is a matter for public opinion ; and though this expression of public
opinion forms no part of the actual operations of the National Chatter Association , the sub-secretary whose duty it is to nominate the Councillors , "witt , of course , nominate no other persons than those whom public opinion has thus marked out for him . Should he dare to act otherwise , he would in our opinion , proTe himself to be utterly unfit for his situation , and we should adviBC the Association instantly to replace him by a more worthy man . Now , if this plan be carefully adhered to , tho nomination of those members of the General
Council , who may reside in any giveu locality ^ will be precisely the same thing as the election of ft local Council under the old plan of organization only the people must bear this in mind , that their weekly meetings , in their several localities , are not meetings of the National Charter Association ; they are meetings of the Chartists thereabouts resident in their individual capacity . The business of the officers of the Association is , to watch the current of opinion in their several departments of the Chartist world , and to regulate their movements
accord-Whenever , therefore , previous to the election of a General Council , the man , or men , to be put in nomination , have been thus marked for preference , by the xpressed opinions of the Chartists in the nei , hbourhood , the sub-Secretary will , of cooae , know his duty . He will , at once , nomi tit that person or those persons ; he will Ecnd in that nomination to tho General Secretary , a h » , having received all the nominations , thus haudeu in to him from all the sub-Secretaries , will cause them to bo printed , and the whole list to be handed in to every sub-Secretary , that the members of the
Association throughout tne whole empire , seeing before them all the persons nominated to form the General Council , may be able , at once , to adopt , or reject , the list . As a matter ol course , the members re&ident in each place will then see that their own men—the men whom taey had previously marked out , by the expression of their opinions , individually , have been nominated ; they will , of course , know that in every other place the same precautions have been taken as in their own , and will , therefore , proceed » t once and , as a thing of course , to the election of the whole list , their own men being right .
We are anxious to make ourselves distinctly understood on this point , becanso we think it the only one in which any difficulty can arise , or any abuce be perpetrated in the working of the new plan . Suppose , then , the list of nominated Councillors to have been sent by the General Secretary to Bradford , tho members sco on that list the names of their own men , and they see also the names of John
Thompson , Robert Jenkins , Timothy Weaver , John Dixojj , James Rudge , and Richard Smith , nominated from Birmingham ; they know nothing about these men , and therefor * they know nothing agaicft them ; they take for granted that the Birmingham members know them , or they would not have nominated them , and therefore they , of course , elect them along with their own . The same remark applies to every other place . Tho lists are then returned by the Eub-Secretaries to
the General Secretary , who publishes forthwith the entire list of tho names and residences of all the General Council . The sub-Treasurers and sub-S ^ cretaries are , as provided by the ninth paragvaph of the plan , to be elected at the same time , and in the same manner . The thing then to be most carefully noted is , that no eub-Secretary shall o ' are to nominate any man as member of the General Council , whom tbe people have not previously determined , by their voice , to be a fit and proper person to be nominated ; if this bo
carefully attended to , cs it must be , or the plan caa never be worked at all , the nomination oi the Council wil ) be , in poiut of fact , its election , and the election afterwards will be a mere formal process ; and we think our readers must now see that , if these suggestions be acted on , the nomination of membevs foT the General Council , from any particular locality , under the new plan of organization , will , as We before said , amount , in practice , to exactly the came thing as the electioa of a local Council under the old plan .
But the people must not forget , that the cursed Corresponding Act , makes liable to transportation every member of any society whose members meet and art in separate detachments . They must remember , therefore , that when a number of Chartists resident in Bradford , meet together , it ia not a meeting of the National Charter Association , nor is ii a meeting of members of the National Charter Association , as such , though there may not be any person present who is not a member of the National Charter Associrtion ; ( that matters not ; a number of persons might meet
together , all of whom were Methodists , and yet not meet as Jlethodista , but as members of a Money Club , or in any other character , nor would the fact of their being all Methodists at all constitute the meeting a Methodist meeting : ) they mectsimply as Chartists , and whatever they do is their own act , as individual Chartists , and not the act of the National Charter Asfoeiatioa . The National Charter Association appears only in the persons of Ms officers and members , acting in universal concert . This is the most important thing of all , for it is the very thing on which the vaunted illpgality of the old phn hinged , and which , therefore , the people must note specially . We call to it in particular , tbe
attention of all the EubSncretarie . 5 of tho National Coarter Association . We shall try to bear in mind the provisions of the law upon the subject , whether others do or not ; our friends will observe , therefore , that it is to no use sending us reports , headed " National Charter Association , " at such a place , or telling us that the ' ¦ Council " of such a place , met at such a time and did so and so ; the National Charter Asso ciation has no meetings ; its Council has no meetings , save those cf the Executive , and general meetings of the whole kingdom , called by the Executive ; all local meetings are , we again repeat , meetings of Chaitists . but not oi the National Charter Association ; if this distinction be attended to the meshes of the law will be avoided ; if not , they will surely be run
mio . We have said that the nomination for the General Council should be now going oa ; it can , of course , take place immediately ; eveiy place will nominate the persons who now constitute its local Council to be members of the first General Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain ; every person who cow acts as a local Secretary will , of course , act as a sub-Secretary for bringing the new organisation into play ; the nominations will be determined on the very next tiwe that the Chartists
meet in their several localities , and the Bub-Secretaries will instantly n-. ake their returns to the General Secretary , that t . he list of Councillors aay be published in time for the election of the Executive Committee , on the firvt of April . Every return must be in the hands ox * the Provisional Secretary , at Manchester , at the latest , by the end of next week , so that he nay have the whole arranged for publication , by Tuesday night , in which case they shall appear in the & . ' ar of next week , which will carry them to all the members , in every locality , and thus save the Association the expence of having them printed separately . In futnre Numbers we shall take up the remaining portions of the plan , aud explain , so far as W 4 un-
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dorstaad it , the simplesta < 4 © f , 40 . working it as to itoiabine , ia operation , all the advantages of both the old plan and the new one . Let it , however , be brought at once into operation , as far as the people do understand it—Jet no time be lost in briugin * the General Council into existence . Let us hate , next week , the list of nominations to lay before the members .
We pfttceive that the plaa does not furnish aform for the nomination of members to the General Council . We would offer the following as a guide to tho sub-Secretaries in general : — To the Secretary of the Provisional Executive Committee of ihe National Charter Association of Great Britain . I beg to nominate Messrs .
John Greenwood , wearer , 6 , Hope-street , ^ 2 Ely Travies , shoemaker , 15 , Nclson-sqnare , > £ ; Robert Kitchingjwoolcomber , Black Abbey , ) ® CL Members of the National Charter Association , as fit and proper persons to serve on th « General Council , to be now elected ; and I also beg to nominate A . B . before-mentioned , for the office of sub-Secretary , and C . D . before-mentioned , for the office of sub-Treasurer to tho National Charter
Association . ( Signed ) John Jones , 65 , Westgate , Bradford . Member of the General Council , and BUb-Secretary of the National Charter Association of Great Britain .
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GREAT BATTLE OF CROWN AND ANCHOR , AND TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE COMBINED ARMIES OF LEAGUE , BY THE ADVANCE OF THE ROYAL CHARTIST ARMY OF OBSERVATION . Wb gave a mere sketch of this great and decisive battle in our last , and , even now , we cannot devote to it as much space as its importance demands ; however , we shall endeavour , as briefly as possible , to lay tbe full merits beforo our readers .
The meeting is denominated , by the Whig papers , the w annual meeting of the Metropolitan , Central , and District Anti-Corn Law Association ; " and its objects , " to receivo a report of the progress of the question during the past year , and to adopt such measures for advancing the interest of the cause as might appear most expedient . " We have put the objects into good English , as substantially stated in the Sun . Let us now consider how tho combined forces were commanded ; and , we think , we shall show that every section of the League was present , and in full force . Mr . Vilueks , M . P ., commander-in-chief of the St . Stephen ' s brigade , and mover oi" the question , was there ; Mr . Wauburxon , M . P ., chief of the staff , was in the chair ; Mr . Eastho ? e , M . P ., proprietor
of the Morning Chronicle , the journal with one eye that leads the blind , was there ; Mr . Benjamin Haweb , M . P ., soap-boiler to the League , was there ; Sir William Moleswobtu , Bart ., M . P ., " a large , a very large , landed proprietor , " was there , but got tho mullygrub ? , and retired upon the first discharge from the Chartiata' artillery ; Mr . Alcock , late candidate for Surrey , was there ; Mr . J . B . Smith , president of the League , and late candidate for Walsall , was there ; Mr . Rokbuck , of the Royal Household recruiting service , was there ; and Dr . IJOWRING , of the Russian—Prussian—Austrian—Egyptian—Dutch—Hung a rian Bervice , was there . Such was the staff upon the hustings , and Mr . Svd . vet Smitu , the Secretary , was selected to read tho report , which we take from the Sun , and which runs thus : —
" The Report contained an account of the origin of the Association , and ot tha difficulties it had to encounter—1 st , from the general apathy- of the midtllo class j and , 2 nd , from the hostility of tne more political portion of LLe working class . It congratulated the meeting Upon the decline of apathy in the one class , and upen the cessation , to a considerable extent , of the hostility of the other . " The Committee had groat pleasure in being able to report that tho same spirit waa spreading rapidly in every directiou , and would , ere long , animate the -whole country .
" Energetic and well qualified gentlemen , under the auspices of the League , hnd been eminently successful in their efforts to convey us-jful instruction to the people . They had been well received in every part of the kingdom . Thoir lectures had been numerously attended , ami in no part of fc&e country more satisfactorily thwi in the south-western counties , in which the supporters of the Corn Laws declared , boastingiy , they dared not shew themselves . So broad , so strong , so genial was tho light thesu gentlemen had diffused , that the League had only to continue their exertions , in conjunction with this Association , and other Central Associations , to cauao the enrolment , in aid of the repeal of the Corn Laws , of tho whole « f tho thinking portion of the population of thia great empire .
The Committee concluded their report in the words of a former address , thus;—" Finally , then , permit us , fellow-citizens , solemnly to appeal to your sympathy—to yeur iutelligtuc-j—to invoke your aid aud co-operation ; since , deeply assured as v . e are that our obj < ct , tho total repeal of the Corn Laws , is for the weifara of all , to aid in its accomplishment . " ( Cries ot " No , no , " and cheers . ) Now , we conceive that it does behove our friend , the Mercury , to find our , and publish the name of the author of this most audacious and biggest lie ever told ; in order that ho may , for ever , stand purged , and ceaso to bo " the Great Liar of the North . "
We have not patience to commoid seriatim upon each lie ; let them , therefore , bo taken in the lump , while wo admit that tho combined forces have had a glorious campaign , if there be glory iu being most ingloriously defeated by tho very troops to whom they looked for succour and support . Their " glory ' consists in not being able to carry one siugle resolution at one siu ^ la mooting ; . their . " success" in not daring to call one single out-door meeting , and their " improvement , " in being in doubt , iu the third mouth of the Session , whether or no , iu their improved state , it would bo prudent to venture their cock iu the pit in tho next main .
Never did a set of Malthusian beggars get such a thrashing , drubbing , hooting , hissing , and groaning as the self-satisfied League , their missionaries , and friends , have received during the period so exultingiy referred to in their report ; they are easily pleased ! Now , whom had we to meet such an array oi Field Marshals and Major-Generals i Just three Captains , raised by merit from tho ranks of the Chartist army ? Captain Wall led on the centre ia gallant style , while Captaiu Boggis , with the right wing ,
turned the enemy s flank ; and Captain Peat , with tho left , and a detachment of Light Dragoons , fell upon the rear , and routed and put the whole force of the enemy to the sword , the Chartists remaining in undisputed possession of tho ground . And all this while tho cowardly leaguers had anticipated a most decisive victory ; having brought their whole force to bear upon our advance , the grand army being at the same moment reconnoitring at White Couduit House , ready , if any attack should be made on St . Vincent ' s , or an attempt to turn our flank by the enemy .
Many Chartists who were engaged at the battle ot the Crown and Anchor , would have gladly been at the celebration of the release of the Oakham garrison ; but having a duty to discharge , their motto was " Business first , pleasure after . " Such , then , were the odda at which the "impracticable" Chartists fought th « " practical" Leaguars , and such the victory they gained . But it does not rest here . Oh ! no ; we have had a lesson from Mr . Roebuck-worth all those taught by the League during the campaign . Here we gtvo it from the Weekly Dispatch , the only London paper upon which we can depend for anything like accuracy in reports of publio meetings , where the spirit of tho people is manifested : —
" Mr . Roebuck rose to support the original motion . His appearance was a signal for hisses and uproar . He acknowledged that all their efforts would bo vain without the Charter , of which ho was a supporter , but the people , he said , would not , go with him . ( Cries of 'No Poor Law , ' ' No Foxes / Sit down . ' ) If the people stood by him as lie stood by them— ( Cries of
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'You were one of the first tode 3 ert us , ' ) They all admitted the injurious effects of the Corn Laws , and the only question between them Wfw ; how coulfl they begot rid of ? ( Cries of ' Yoa r ^ n away from Bath . ') No , but the people of Bat& , ran away from him . ( Laughter . ) Be was wiling to acknowledge , that if they inundated the H ' ouse with petitions they would not obtain a repeal oi the Corn Laws , until the Charter was granted . ( The Learned Qenttemau was proceeding to describe , by illustration , the insane and bigoted
oppositlop evinced by the Chartists that night , bat his voice wi » s drowned by cries of * That's ' Whig illustration—that's a lawyer ' s illustration . ' ) Ia conclusion , lie asked , why did they interrupt them ? Did the middle tlaasta ev « disturb the Chartist meetings ? ( Cries ot ' Yes , look to the BnlUrinfi , whew the military and b—j police broke the people ' s skulls , and dispersed tneir meetings . ') A scene of confusion ensued , wflich terminated by Mr . Roebuck ' s sitting down . "
Th « people would ' nt hear Mr . Boebcck , and he told them that he had been turned out of the House of Commons for being too Democratic , while the people thought he had deserted their cause , and he then uaad these remarkable- words : — " No , it was the people who had run away from him . " This is just what O'CoyNELL says , and just what Hume says , and just what « vcry one eays who considers himself " the people ; " but aa we do not wish to hear " the people" charged with ingratitude , discourtesy , or inconsistency , let us just review the acquaintanceship and the cause of its cessation .
In February , 1833 , Mr . Roebuck was introduced to the people , tbe constituency of Bath being the master of the ceremonies , and the people from so respectable an introduction , were most happy to take Mr . Roebuck by the hand , hut , in the following year , Mr . Roebuck threw the said people ' upon their own resources , " and , ia return , the people threw Mr . Roebuck upon hts own resources . Now , surely ,. if theirs was the cut direct , his was ths cut oblique , and so the odds are even ; Mr . Rokbuck having thrown the first stone ; hut now it is the people who have runaway from Mr . Roebuck . O dear ! O dear ! O dear ! what a shame ! and how rery , very crueJ J ii reminds ua of the sad plight of tho stranded
boat" The boat was still there , but the waters had gone . " Mr . Roebuck is there , but the people are gone . Now , we beg to re-assura Mr . Roebuck of that of which we assured all , some few weeks since , namely , that the people never do run away from any one till he runs away from them . But let ua see if we can furnish an apology for our naughty friends for having so uncourteously " runaway" from Mr . Roebuck , from Mr . Roebuck ' s own lips . Here then we offer that apology , as we find it reported in the Sun , and bo that ( from the whole context ) we think there can be no misreport , or perversion : —
" tliey had all agreed that there was an evil to be cured in the shape of the present representation of the people in Parliament ; but he said that there was another and a greater evil to be cured , and they were there assembled to inquire into and consider the best way of getting rid that evil . ( Cheers and hisses J It had been said , and truly said , that the Operation of the present Com Laws had filled many a cottage with sorrow , and brought death and desolation into many a happy home , and they were tliere assembled to inquire , the best way of getting rid of those laws . ( Cheers . ) lie was free to confess that the adoption of the Charter would get rid of a great part of the mischief consequent upon those laws . ( Clieers and hisses . ) " '
Now , we ask Mr . Roebuck , or any man , and we shall be glad to give him [ an opportunity of correcting himself , whether the Chartists can look upon any man as a friend , who sets up his own opinion of the associated body of the Chartists , and presumes to tell them that , the evil of the Com Laws is a greater evil than the evil of the present representative system . He might just as well tell us that a man with his throat cut should he punished for having the wound , instead of the man who inflicted it .
But he takes the Chartists to task for their mode of treating the supporters of the measure We fear that this savours of "the pot and the kettle . " Does Mr . Roebuck read " the papers , " and has he seen tho ruffianly conduct of the leaguers , at Liverpool , towards the Chartists ; has he seen the fact stated upon unquestionable authority that , no later than last week , the Gallant Sydney Smith , Secretary to the league , knocked off the hat of a Chartist , at Bermondsey , whose head he couldn't turn ? Has Mr . Roebuck heard of the insult offered by M > :. O'Consell , Mr . Easthope , Mr-Hume , and Mr . Wysn Ellis , to the Chartists of Leicester ; and of Messrs . Seal and Markham ' s spirited reply to Messrs . Home and 0 'Connei . l ,
when every person , even friendly to the Chartists , was refused a ticket to the Leicester meeting ' . Has Mr . Roebuck heard of Mr . James Leech , an operative , fully capable of teaching Mr . Roebuck , and the whole league , upon the question of the Corn Laws , being dismissed by his Corn-Law - repeal - tender - hearted -cheap -food - feed- thepoor master for exposing the humbug 1 and has he learned that the fickle , treacherous people who ran away from Mr . Roebuck , have given the said Jasies Leach three times as good a salary , for advocating thoir cause , as tho tender-hearted master gave him fat working , like a slave , for sixteen hours a day ? Aye , aye , poor Leach is still there aud the people wo 7 i't run .
But the Sun also takes the Chartists to task for their conduct ; aud our goldeu luminary we shall also convict out of bis own mouth , preseutly . The people Bee a weil-fed , well-housed , and wellclad polico , insulting , injuring , bullying , and destroying a starving , houseless , naked , unprotected people , and uo sophistry caa blind them . They find the very masters who have reduced them to beggary , starvation , and a slavish dependancy , asking for their assistance , to do that which tho masters have never shown any disposition to do , to better the condition of the workmen .
They refu 30 to join the people in obtaining the moans of doing away with all evils , and now they are told that the Cora Laws are tha greatest of all ovils , that is , the ignorant , arrogant , purse-proud , tyrannical , choose to s . ay , " O , yes , we'll join you , of course , but it shall be to use you for such purposes as we , not you , think proper ; " aad of which purposos the people iave had frequent taster , and they don ' t like the Tolish ; so now they have resolved upon seasoning a dish for themselves . In short , the people know all about it ; aud it would be an insult , to recapitulate ail the arguments upon tho question for the well-informed classes for whom we write .
Tho people are wiser than the vain-glorious knight-errant , who preferred losing his life in single combat with the giant , to the disgrace of encountering the dwarf . They have learned that cheap and dear are relative term 3 , and that although there might be a Russian aud an English loaf , varying in size , that they can have o slice of tho dwarf , while they would only be allowed to look upon the giant . They know that if the Russian took their fabric be" would have it at a lower price than the Russian serf , or any other serf , can produce it . They know that it would be a cold consolation to stand grinning , at the outside of the window of a baker's shop , at the Russian loaf , while every warehouse in Manchester was full of their manufacture—aye , more
than would stock the world , waiting upon a turn of speculation , and then sold at manure or old rag price , to meet the bills ; and while all the storehouses , meantime , were full of cheap Russian corn , also waiting upon speculation , but never opened except " for a consideration . " They know also thas those who now purchase twelve-thirteentb . 3 of their produce at home , and who wear Bhiits , stpekmge , drawers , flannel waistcoats , petticoats , knives , forks , &c , would then wear " shocking bad hats ;" and that , while they were breaking their neighbours and customers for the satisfaction of a- parcel of speculating slave-drivers , they would be cutting off their noses to vex their face ? , while the masters Would laugh heartily at their folly .
The people now laugh heartily at the greedyguts who suppose that a repeal of the Cora Laws would set all the world producing corn , for a little
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island of operatives , and allow all foreign teacliinery to . stand still tho while . No , no ; it has gone toa far : the people know enough , and too much . ' Thw know that " An * th' Bfuff i' th' world wor made fa aw th' fowk i' th' world , " and that they havent their share , and . that they never will have it , natU they get the Charter . They know tha . t the p resent ahoomakere have made shoes to pinch thsra , and they want to try fresh hands . They don ' t want to enter into an analytical disputation with Mr . Nina . teen-Foreign-Languages Bowbikc , who does n' 4 tm » derstaud the pl « U English , of justice : they don' 4
want to enter into logarithms with Mt . ' Cobdw or io go to . loggerheads with Mr . Knock off-Hata Sydney Smith ; or to enter upon the question of a choice of evils with Mr . Roebuck . They ju £ know that all who have hitherto tried their hand * at managing the mess have had th « biggest share and they want now to try a few cooks of theirown ! to be removed at pleasure , if th « ir cooking does not suit ; and we have pride in believing thataQ the force of the League and their backers will neTer shake their rational opinion , and that they never may is our sincere and honest wish .
Before we finish off the Sun , we most remiad our friends that we informed them that the Leeds demonstration was to have been followed up , if sntf . cessful , by similar ones at Manchester , B irminghaia . Sheffield , and in London . 27 ii « , tb . en , Was the device of tho eaetay \ aad , if successful 4 { ?{ .. Crown and Anchor , the question of the Corn Laws was to have been the first of a series of Wy demonstrations ; and , therefore , do we the more con dially thank our indomitable friends for then splendid triumph . It was in every way worthy of them , and they are in every way worthy of th » great cause in which they hare taken so glorieuj a lead of lato .
Let those who heard Mr . Roebuck , at Leeds read the extract from his Crown and Anchor speech . As for the League , it is very clear thai discussion is not their object , and they are a paltry shabby , sneaking set of poltroons , for attempting to take the Chartists by surprise , when their forces were otherwise engaged . Have they now cot a sickener , a douco in the blubber chops , a home thrust in the " cheap bread" basket t Now , one word for thestrietures upon good manners of the Golden , Railway , Chinese , Royal Marriage , Sun ; and we leave the League to enjoy their triumph , and add it to th « long list of victories boasted in their whole year ' s campaign .
Here , then , from the Sun ' s report , we give , side by side , the bane and antidote , the rebuke and tne proof that is unmerited , bis own statement of facts and his own contradiction of the same facts-
—LOOK ON THIS PICTURE , AND ON THIS . " Mr . Wall ( a Chartist ) "It is but right to mentoae amidst cheers , hisses , tion that the Chartist party aud great uproar , to pro- behaved with the utmoat pose , an amendment . The mnfairness , as the speake r Chairman endeavoured to on their Bide , of the quesobtairi forbim an hearing , tion Were heard with th » and he addressed tbe meet- utmost patience and atteaingatsome length in favour tion ; bus when the otkei of the principles embodied side came to claim t&a
in tbe People ' s Charter , game indulgence , they were but owing to the noise and greeted with most discorcon fusion which prevailed , dant and offeusive noises , but fuw of his observations This is setting an exarapta reached us . " worthy only of the roost intolerant lories , and on » which , if practiced to warda the Chartists , they would be the first to denounce in the bitterest language of complaint "
This has been the greatest battle that has been fought in London since the battle of the Martyrs in March , 1837 , when O'Connor , single-handed , met the whole clique , headed by thirty-seven Members of Parliament , with Joe Home in the chair , and after an&abuiilBghtof serea hwrsand a-hatf , from twelve at noon to half-past seven—a time when it was thought the blisters and fustians couldn't attendcarriedhis amendment for Universal Suffrage .
Independently of the pleasure we experience oa thus chronicling the triumph of our party , we hav 6 alaoa duty to perform , as wo find that our troops vociferated "Bead the Northern Star , " in reply to the lying reports of the league . We again , in confirmation , beg to assure our friends , that the SUr has fairly and honestly reported the thrashings of the enemy , whenever they have dared to fight , and it will still continue to do so * until it record their total annihilation . Three thousand cheers for Captains Wall , Boggis , and Peat , and the army of observation !
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THE LIBERATION OF PRISONERS AND
THE CHARTER CONVENTION . We respectfully invite attention to the letter of O'Connor upon this subject ; it should be seen toai once . From a notice given elsewhere , and furnished by our London correspondent , we perceive that a Petition Committee is already in existence in London , and has already done valuable service . We think that the delegation recommended by O'Connor , from the country , in co-oporating with the London Committee might greatly increase their capability of usefulness , and form , with them , a crew of Chartist mariners , whose tugging at the oaru would not fail so to agitate the stagnant pool of St . Stephens , as greatly to advance the Chartist bark oa her vovaae .
We hope to be able next week to record the com * plete famishing of the necessary funds . We have elsewhere notified our own mite , by way of a beginning , and have only to express our confidence that the beginning will be foKowed up effectively and at once .
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THE WORLD AGAINST THE STAB . We thank our friend of tho World for the renewal of his acquaintanceship . We had for many weeks loat sight of him , and knew not , therefore , what he was doing in the World ; but we have this week received his explanation . The lapse was owing to an accidental circumstance . Previous to our receipi of this friendly intimation , the World oi the 14 th of February had been sent to us by
a friend in Lancashire , in which we perccne that our contemporary has paid us Borne compliments which we certainly should not have permitted to remain so long unacknowledged , had we seen them sooner . The pressure of matter precludes us making those acknowledgments this week , although they are in type , but wo shall next week try to bring up alongside our friend , and return his courteous civilities .
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POOR MR . STANSFELD . Mr . Stansfeld may bless his stars , and tbank our iS / ar , that the Assizes fill np our columns this week and nexi , and bo procure him a fortnight ' s respite from a , slap on each fide of the head , the export and the import side , which , please God , he shall yet have with interest . Mr . Stansfelp has bottled up -nig Valuable knowledge for so many years , that we have no fear of the cream leaving it fora week or two , —it will keep till it is wanted .
A fig for all agitators but those of your middle class kidney ; they are the boys for unclosing the wound ! The outcry against the Chartist leaders , who hav » confined their denunciations to the bad principles of the representative system , has been that they made a contented people dissatisfied with their lot , whilst Stanfseld and Co . hare dragged , from beneath the bushel , abuses in detail , and p laced them ia the coffee-cup , the soup-bason , aud th « tea-pot , seasoning each meal with the piquant sauce of sharp oppression ! "
We have exposed the Household Suffrage humbug and the Cora Law humbug , and we promise the present humbug . as convenient a cuffing , as we have given its predecessors . Meantime , let the troops be on the alert—let the several garrisons be on the look out for the masked battery , till we take off the disguise .
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A ¦ THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct697/page/4/
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