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- ' ' * e' !> f- ^^ n > . PHTSICAL FOBCB Resfectables . —On Friday evening last , a grand row took plaoe in the boxes of the theatre , Sunderlana , amongst the moral foree respectables , which afforded to the unwashed gods in the gallery fine proofs of the respectability , manners , and actions of their superiors . We had some difficulty in discovering the origin of the melee , but we believe it was as foliowb : —Mr John Bowlby , son of Russell Bowlby , Eeq-, a treat Whig attorney * nad engaged Bondfy seats in the boxes of the Theatre for that evening . On going to the Theatre , he fomnd John Bnmton , brother of the hurly-burly Town Clerk quietly seated in one of them . He requested him ( o rise ; this was declined , whereupon remonstrance
issued from Bowlby , and defiance was shown by Bnmton . At last Bowlby attered the ominous words , Yoa're ho gentleman . Sir . " This led to a request that the parties Bhould more to the lobby . Armed there , Bnmton applied bis finger and thumb to the nasal projection of Bowlby , giving it an awkward twist , by which it acquired a curvilinear direction . Bnmton having performed this gentlemanly action to his own satisfaction , quietly returned to the boxes , leaving Bowlby to study the nature of the alterations in his phiz . It appears ta&t Bowlby had not seen or felt any improvement , for after cursing his wrath about an hour , he returned to the boxes , armed with Paddy ' s fritsd , a good shilelah , the knotty end of which he
applied with all his muscular power , to Brunton s nose . The conseqoence was that this fine member of Brunton ' s frontispiece , lay weltering in its own blood , the claret , as the professionals call it , squirted in all directions , beautifully variegating the spJendid dresses of the ladies . These screamed , the gentlemen stormed , and the performance was abruptly stopped in fine confusion . Master Bowlby was handed off to the station-house by the police , from which , however , he was immediately afterwards bailed , and saved the disagreeable necessity of lodging there for the night . On Saturday he was brought up , and he having been clearly proved the author of the ruiaed condition of Brunton ' s face , was adjudged to pay the sum of £ 5 a 3 a fine , or be committed for two months . The former was immediately done . "What admirable examples of refinement our cuperiera and masters afford !
Important to Glassmaxebs . —On Thursday last , James Hartley , Esq ., who is an extensive glassmansfaeturer , was summoned before the magistrates of Sunderland , for unwarrantably stopping the sum of 9 s . 4 d . from one of his workmen named Robert Hudson . It appeared that there were seven other summonses , fer the same offence , against this gentleman , and that the offence witi which he was charged , was one which he had practised with impunity for a long time . The men , however , have recently determined no longer to submit to what they consider unwarrantabla filcbings of their just earnings , and accordingly Mr . Robert Hudson preferred his charge—liudson proved that his regular wages were 28 s . per week , that on the Monday previons , Mr . Hart ! ev bad only paid him 18 s . 8 & , alledging that he ( Hudson ) had not done eome work in a workman-like manner . Mr . Hudson
stated , that it was impossible for the work to have been done better with the metal , that is the glass in its liquid state , with which they had to work . Although to glassmakers , the technicalities occurring in the evidence , will be well enough understood , yet , for the benefit of general readers , it may perhaps be as well to explain them . Hudson ' s business is that of crown-glass blowing , and Hartley contended that the glass was not well blown , because it was "heavy topped , " or thick at the edge and thinner in the middle of the u table , " as the sheet of glass is called . Hudson stated thi 3 was caused by the metal being at the time in a bad working condition , and th&t ihe fault was with Mr . Hartley , who made his metal a
mixture so poor , that it would not stand an extra degree of heat or cold . He had been in the trade twenty - seven years , and had never had one farthing stopped oat of his wage 3 before he came to Mr . Hartley . He stated that the invariable practice of the trade was , that the men had a fixed sum guaranteed to them weekly , and that only when they had overwork was it cuEtomary to stop money for work not properly done . Georze M'Colly was called on in support of the case . He had worked sixteen years , and had never had money stopped out of his regular wages . Hudson did his best , ne was a good workman . The manager knew it was not the fault of the
men , but of the metaL He was cross-examined by the magistrates and Hartley , but his evidence remained unshaken . Robert Edingtou had worked twenty years at the business , never bad been stopped out of his wages . It was the custom to pay the fall wages , if the men only did a little of the full quantity of work , so long as it was not their fault , while they were ready to work they were , by the trade customs , entitled to pay . Hartley cross-examined him without effect , except Jthat be proved that Hartley had said he had tb . 3 best set of men m the world . Several other workmen were called and gave similar e-ridenee . Workmen from Newcastle were also
ealled to prove that the wages of the trade there were the same . Henry Grey , from Newcastle , had been twenty-niae years in the trade , and never kad , any portion of his regular wages stopped for such a ease as Hudson ' s , it was impossible to avoid the metal giving way sometimes . Robert Thompson , of Sunderland , had been 35 yearsin the trade , and nerer knew an instance of wages being stopped for sueh a cause . He convulsed the court with laughter by gravely statiBg he was the best workman in the world , and yet he could not have produced better work than Hudson . Mr . Alexander Wilson , late manager of Mr . A . Fenwick's works at Sanderland , stated he had been 51 years in the trade , 40 years in the crown glass trade , and 20 years of that
time manager , and never had himself when a workman , nor knew of any instance while manager , of any man having any portion of his regular wages stopped for bad work . He explained the process of glassmaking , and proved that the bad glass could not , in this case , have been by bad work . Hartley , finding the caw going utterly against him , notwithstanding the frequent friendly assistance of some of tT 6 n&gistrates , then meanly endeavoured to skulkfrom Ms obligation to pay the balance due by stating that he had now no agreement with his " men—no agreement of any description ; that he hid warned them some time ago all former customs would be done away ! He also endeavoured to convince the
magistrates that no usage of the trade ought to bind him ; but , failing this , he agreed to leave the matter to the decision of the last witness , Alexander Wilson . He would shew him the glass , and let him decide . To this all parties assented , and the case was dismissed from the Bench . The respective paTtie 3 then went to the works to see the glass , when lo ! they were informed that the glass was all cut , packed , sold , and rent off I It was thus discovered to have been a move of Hartley ' s , to avoid a decision of the Bench against him . Wilson decided that he ought to pay the men , which he then agreed to do , together with eosts . We hope this will be a lesson to Mr . Hartley .
CA'&XiTSZiB . —Public Mxetixg . —On Monday morning , June Uih , the following band-bill wa = circulated through the be-rough : — " Important news as to the coming Election : —A public meeting of tire electors and inhabitants of Carlisle will be held at the Market Cross , this evening , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of making arrangements as to the anticipated election . Letters will be read from Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and Mr . James Bronterre O'Briea , recommendatory of the course the people ought to pursue at this most important crisis . Hurrah for the Charter ! God save the People YBy order of the Council of the Carlisle Radical Association . "—At the hoar of meeting , a very large concourse of people had assembled in front ef the
Ctobs , when Sir . John Armstrong was called to the chair . He briefly addressed the meeting , and concluded by reading the bill calling the meeting ; when he introduced Mr . Joseph Broome Hanson , who , after making some excellent and pertinent remarks , proceeded to read two lettera from Mr . J . B . O'Brien , strongly urging on the people the absolute neces-itj © f carrying out his plan at ihe next coming election , but which is precisely the same as that so frequently recommended by him in the Northern Star . After the letters were read , the following resolutions were proposed and carried . Moved by William Blythe , and seconded by William Johnson , of Dalston near Carlisle . "This meeting pledges itself to carry out the views recommended by Mr . Feargus
O'Connor and Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien , in the forthcoming election ; and that a numtrcus committee be now appointed , with power to add to their number , to carry into execution the above recommendation . " Moved by James Arthur , and Beoonded by James Ferguson , " That the committee be authorised to draw up an address to the people of Newcastle , and to correspond with other places , on this most important subject , " Moved by Wm . Fariso , and seconded by James Hurst , " That we , the people of Carlisle , view with extreme disgust tht conduct of the dapes , of the anti-Corn Law Lsague , in allowing themselves to be so fir led astray , as to have committed bo wanton and despotic an outrage , upon our brethren of Manchester , as that spoken of m the Star » f Saturday last , and we take this oonor tanitv of infomiar them , that though
their ondaethaa been opeoly tolerated by the authorities of the district , it will sot nor cannot be forgotten , nor allowed to pass with impunity . We Bkewite wars then , and their imbecile yet contumacicns matter * , to be cautions , for though we will not aggress , we will defend ; and as this is an important w » w > , it is dangerous to tre * d too heavily upon the worm that has already beeo injured . We therefore denounce the individual eosduot of Sir Charles Shaw , and that distinguished personage , Tom Potter , and beg to assure them that they have merited oar most significant contempt , which they shall ever enjoy . " A rote of thanks was then proposed to the Mayer , for his kindness in allowing the people to meet in the Market Place . Three cheers were then given for O'Cwaor and others , and the Mtettaffuetbr duumi .
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HUDDSXISFXELD . —On Tuesday , the town was in a state of great electioneering excitement . The" Plague" prepared a kind of dap-trap , or , as tbo people call it , Jtck in the Boa , which was put into a cart , and exhibited two loaves—the American antaxed , and the English taxed . The large one costing one shilling , and the other two shillings . They had not proceeded far , before thn loaveB fell off into the trap , and out came the celebrated Mr . Copstock , who had prepared the same . The Chartists having heard what was to be done , got up an opposition show . On one corner of their cart was stuck a large loaf , a piece of beef , and a large piece x > f cheese , with the following inscription in large letters : — Chartists' oheer For all working men . " On the other oorner was a pole with a wooden dish and ladle , a red herring , four ounces of bacon , and a few split peas , with a small cake , and the inscrip-4
tion—* Whig fare for able-bodied labourers . " On the other corners of the cart were the American loaf —with the motto , " Republicanism and cheap Government "—and the English loaf , with ** Kingcraft and dear Government . " In the font of the cart was a red herring tub , nearly covered with Neddy ' s recipe for makisg soup , and a man with a pot measuring it out . In the cart was an ass , dooorated with yellow all over , with a Leeds Mercury tied to its tail . Around the cart were placards , " Behold the Great Liar of the North ! " At his head was fixed a beesom shaft , with a small black leaf , labelled " Neddy Baines ' s coarser Bort of bread for the poor . " Such was the interest excited after it became known , that it was exhibiting in the town , that all the manufacturers left their shops and the Cloth Hall to get * a sight . The cheap loaf cart paraded round the town at intervals , without a soul but the driver and Copstock .
Coach Accidest . —On Monday , as the Briton eo&ch -was coming from Manchester to Huddersfield , when naa * Longroyd Bridge , a fore wheel came off , and tie coach came down with & crash ; but although it wa 3 fully loaded , only two were seriously injured , and others slightly . This is the only misfortune which has happened this old established coach these twelve years . The Election . —Haddersfield appears to be quite at a loss for candidates , neither the Whigs nor the Tories making anything to do . Many rumours are afloat , but nothing is yet finally settled . In the course of a few days , the people will be able to judge what course to pursue . The Whigs dread their opposition , and if they pursue their tricks as they have done , they will have a very warm reception .
RICHMOND . —Short Horns . —Last week , a fine three-year old steer , a beautiful yearling heifer and a bull calf , six mouths old , all of the pure shorthorn breed , belonging to the Earl of Zetland , and bred by that nobleman , were brought to the weighing machine at Richmond : the steer weighed 175 stones , the heifer sixty-nine stones , and the bull calf fifty .-four stones . Feloxt . —Deborah Harker , late servant to Mr . Thomas , of Cote House , near Hunton , was brought before George Gilpin , Esq ., of Sedbury , on the 9 ih instant , in custody of Whiting , the police-officer of Richmond , charged with stealing , from Ann Farey , her fellow-servant , a quantify of wearing apparel . She was committed for trial at the next sessions for the North Riding .
Eauly Frcit . —Mr . Ward , of Richmond , has at present , in his garden , a tree of fine cherries quite ripe ; and the same gentleman . , gathered ripe strawberries a week ago , from the same garden . BIBBUKGHAM . —Mumz and Scholefield A meeting of the committee for the return of the above-named gentlemen , took place at the Committee Room of the Town Hall , on Monday evening last , Mr . Thomas Attwood in the chair ; we know not what transpired , as the Reporter for the Star was engaged at the open air meeting .
The Jnoethern Star Saturday. June Is, 1841.
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IRELAND . THE BUBBLE BtTRST . —O ' COSNELL FOCND OUT AKD DENOUNCED . —MASTEB JOHN COMPELLED TO FLY FROM KILKENNY . —REPEAL OP THE CMOS A CRIME FOR THE PRESET . —NEWRT TURNED SULKY , A- > 1 » BECOXB CHARTIST . —MORE Stars FOR THE B 3 T 8 WANTED ;—SO FOR THE CHARTER HURRAH ! It is said that the gay of heart in ihe " green isle" who have not time to fret for themselves , hire some practised old dame , or " collaugb , " to
discharge all the functions of grief , either by the job or for a yearly salary . This is an admirable practice , and one which , in a branch of our department , we would gladly imitate . O , for some luckless slave to wade through the grievous twaddle of the press , from the Tory Times to the Halifax Guardian , ; the Whig Chronicle , London , to the Chronicle , Kelso ; the Dispatch to the Lteds Times ( pro iempore , anything ) ; and then for the Irish press , from none of which can we relieve ourselves . 0 , we say , for some such slave !
Well , there is a pleasure , a silent pleasure , even in the midst of grief , and we have our share . In our trouble , we console ourselves with the assurance that the World , which we retain for a relish , will banish grief , and banish sorrow , by smiling a ray of hope through the dark gloom in which poor Ireland has been so long enveloped . Ireland has long been the battle-ground of faction . Canning supported the Union , in order that the grievances of Catholic Ireland may be patiently heard , and impartially legislated-upon , by an unprejudiced jury , in a free country . But , alas ! " Hope deferred maketh . the heart sick f and Ireland ' s hope vras -deferred , because Ireland withheld her energies from the advocacy of her own righteous cause . She is now about to use her insulted might , and throw the monster tyranny from her back .
It - will be seen by the subjoined C 9 pious extracts , all from the World , that Repeal and crime are now nearly synonymous terms in the " Bei-bound dungeon " which lately rung with devotion to "the only thing " that can Eave Ireland . When will Ireland's " only thing" be matured forpractice , orreadyfor introduction to the House , where its time-Berviug , placehucting advocates hold the balance of power ! When the monster has strangled the present keeper , and when a more daring one shall awe . it into affection by a willing obedience to its righteous commands , and a cheerful acquiescence in its will ! Let the taunts against Sir John M . Dotle , for his repeal principles , which now in the eyes of Repealers consti tute high offence , if not crime , be read . Let the excellent article from the New Ross
Correspondent of the World be read . Let the whole article from the World be read . Let the abandonment of Kilkenny by " my son John , " be read , and when all are put together , coming from the only Radical paper in Ireland , who can longer despair for Ireland ' s regeneration \ Add to this , the plain and unsophisticated , honest and straight forward letter of Bernard M'Donnell , the person for whom Mr . O'Connfu , caused such tender enquiries to be made , but without avail . We give the letter at full length , and subjoin the answer of the " toby . " M'Donnell says : —
" sir , —I received yotrr letter dated the first June , "wherein you specified to me that you could not continue Bending me the Star , whereas , that you consider that I may be oat of Loagbrea , and thereby , be the means of not having the paper circulated amongst the different persons -who msy be friendly to the cause of Chartism in this part of the country ; but I beg leave to assure you , that it is my continual atndy , at all times , to forward and promote , as far as it lies in my power , so giod & cause ; and further , as regards the distributing of the Star , I do assure yoa , that it is not
confined by me solely to the town of Loughrea , but that I hav * the newspapers that are directed to me , circu ' lated througa tmious parts , lying -within four or 5 t £ arilea of this town ; and now whea the day ia 1 nown , that ! receive the Star , my noose is crowded with persons of all ranks , from various parts of this town and the adjoining neighbourhood bordering on the town , as I hate remarked , soliciting me for eo honest a paper as they call it . Such ii the rapid progress of Chartism in this town and iti vicinity , caused by the circulation of the Star .
. " 1 have written three letters for the last week , to various parts of England , and received no answer to either . I bow call oh you , if you desire that Chartism should blaxs in this part of the country to remit me , quarterly , & sum of mocey which 70 a may deem competent to enable me to hira at rent » fitting room for persons desiring to join the cause , to meet , and read the Star—and by you so deiug , I will be enabled to form an Association in this town ; and , if « nce formed , it will at on& 3 spread through the county at Urge , and thereby extend through the fcingdom . I hope you will not delay answering thisUetter , and st&tisg to me your approval or disapproval of its contents .
You may judge by this letter that I have lost a great deal -of my time , if lost I may call it , in striving to forward the cause and rights of the Charter' Aly . friends were against me inconsequence for » length of i > ime , bnt now all persons in the town totally and entirely approve of it . So I ecpeet , as 1 am a poor man , ctrfriBf to live by industrr , to maintain a large family ,
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that yoa will get me tome remuneration for the time past . " With the greatest respect , I beg leave to remain , " Tour obedient Servant , 4 c . &c "Bernard M'Dommrll . " Loughrea , Jane 8 th , 1811 . " To which Mr . O'Connok gives ( he { following answer : — My Dear Ardill , —You will remit , in future , six papers weekly , without charge , to Bernard M'Donnell , Loughrea , and also a post-office order for £ 1 , to enable him to commence his noble undertaking for regenerating oar common country . Yours , very faithfully , Feabgus OCoskor . Now proceed we with our extracts from the World . No . 1 , is a leading article , and runs thus : —
"We have attentively perused the letter of Mr . O Connell to the Irish people , and from U we can gather that the approaching election will be nothing more than a faction fight , where a struggle will be made not for principle but a parly . It will not be a Repeal of the Union , or even a Household Suffrage contest , but one to sustain the Whigs in power and keep out the Tories . The humble elector is adjured to disregard all the temptations of pow « r and tenors of persecution , and battle against the Tories with might and main . He is not told that the Whigs do much good where they long have been , but is informed that their rivals , if suffered to occupy their places , will perpetrate every description of cruelty and injustice . We much fear that the people are beginning to think
that the one faction , when opposed , has displayed as much virulence as che other , and that both can contrive to be tolerably well behaved when they find it is not their interest t » resist the popular will . We are somewhat surprised that Mr . O'Connell appears to forget that the Tories were unable to carry their " gagging acts " until a section of the Whigs had joined them , and that the worst policy of Sidmouth and Castlereagh met a powerful champion and defender in Lord Plunket , tba present Irish Chancellor . It would be all very well for the leaden of the popular party to recommend that the aristocratic faction which made the nearest approach to liberalism should meet with the largest share of support , but to invoke us to hate the Tories for only committing the same faults
which can with equal justice be laid at the door of the Whigs , is , in our opinion , neither just nor reasonable . The Tories , it is said , would compel the majority to support the church of the minority . This is true enough ; but when have the Whigs , when they could distribute the patronage among their own relations and dependents , manifested any displeasure at this state of things ? The Tories are averse to extending the suffrage , but we would like it to be shown to us that their political opponents—not excepting Lord Fitzwilliam , the great Corn Law Repealer , himself—are more desirous for its enlargement Lord Haddington if he came over might give us indifferent assistant-barristers , and Sir Edward Sugden might be favourably disposed towards Conservative magistrates ; but we question
whether either the barrister or magistrates would be worse than those appointed by Lord Ebrington and Chancellor Plunket Then as regards Repeal , both Whig and Tory are equally opposed to it T » arouse the people , therefore , it will never do merely to threaten them with a Tory restoration . This may be an awful enough calamity in the eyes of placemen , but the multitude view it with perfect indifference . WHen you tell them that the Queen bates the Tories , they wonder why she is so fond of feasting them at balls and dinners in Buckingham Palace , where Lord Jocelyn , the son of Lord Roden , courted the Lady Fanny Cowper , the charming neice of Lord Melbourne . When you endeavour to persuade the humble elector that he is a base and unprincipled wretch if he vote for a Tory , he shrewdly inquires who keeps Lord Hill at the Horse
Guards , and placed a mitre on the head of the Conservative Shuttleworth ? And when you attempt to explain away these inconsistent partizui friendships , by stating that the exalted cannot be living in discord , he shrugs his shoulders and begins to consider why he should not live in amity with his Tory landlord or customer . It is all nonsense , therefore , to require the people to contend for a man or party instead of measures . Ltt the Whigs emblazon on their banner , ' No Clap-traps , but real Radical Measures , ' and they will force us all to support them . Then , instead of apathy and scorn , then will be such excitement and devotion as carried Lord Grey triumphant through all his difficulties in 1830 , despite Court intrigue and the influence of a powerful oligarchy , and gave him a working majority of one hundred and fifty . "
No . 2 , is from the New Ross correspondent of the World , who communicates as follows : — "NEW ROSS . —( From our ovn Correspondent ) ' The dissolution is coming—the Whigs are bate black , Aid a general election will be here in a crack . It is then we'll have eating and drinking galore , And all for the honour of brave Captain Gore . " Thus far the ballad singer . Now tarn we our attention to a more respectable personage . ' Vote for Captain Gore , ' says the best abated man in the world , in a letter to the inhabitants which is now going the rounds , ' for Gore and liberty—for Gore and Reform—for Gore and Old Ireland—hurrah ! ' This must , of coarse , haye an electric effect , and th « gallant Captain Gore will in all probability get , if not a walk over , at least an
easy victory . Now , Mr . O'Connell , allow me to ask you one or two questions , if you please . Are yoa really sincere in your agitation for the Repeal of the Union ? If you are , why not endeavour to return as many persons pledged to the measure as you possibly can ? Here we could just as readily put in a Repealer as a Whig 01 Radical . If you are not , ' why , in the name of all the gods at once , " will yon keep pestering us with such a gross political humbug ? There are reasons , however , for the Repeal question being placed in abeyance , other than that of the leader of our party being careless and irresolute . I was listening the other day to a conversation between a couple of voters . Is ' nt it a wonder , ' said one , ' that a Repealer does ' nt start for Ross ?'
• N o , ' replied the other , ' not more surprising than that Messrs . So and So ( meaning a small tribe of wouldbe aristocrats ) are against the movement' * Da you think , ' he continued , ' that matters will be eTer therWlBB Whilst such fellows are permitted to arrogate to themselves the representation of the borough ? ' I don't think so . Nay , more , there is not a man with s spark of enthusiasm in his besom but will give the same indignant reply to the query . Captain Gore , however , may make an excellent Member ; he iB , I verily believe a brave , open-heaited sailor , and if not altogether independent in his politics , if not thoroughly at his ease under the eye of the minister , ho will at all events act as decently as any gentleman possibly could
under the like circumstances . Thursday next will , in ¦ pr pulai parlance , be' a great day for Ireland . ' Then will the country people push in in thousands , and commingling with their brethren in town , march along in procession headed by their intended representative who wiil address his devoted followers ia the choicest of harangues . Martin Doyle rising in the majesty of his eloquence will hurl the thunderbolts of his wrath upen the unfortunate Tories , and with a voice hoarse from incessant screaming will proclaim the triumph of liberal principles over the demon of ascendancy . Canvassing will be carried on on a scale hitherto unattempted : each elector will be waited on in turn , and "woe to the wi ^ bt who sees fit to repudiate the opinions of those with whom be will have to deal . "
No . 3 , is a Bhort comment from the World upon the griefs and lamentations of the Newry Examiner , who , like the young rake , requires some one to fret for him ; and let those be read and pitied a 3 they deserve : — " BLOW-UP IN NEWRY . "Oar excellent and patriotic contemporary , the Newry Examiner , is , we are Borry to say , placed in a very emharassing and unpleasant position—and all owing to twe or three individuals "who wish to breed strife between the Newry Repealers and anti-Repealers ;—
•'' One or two individuals ( says the EaaminerJ whose talents for doing mischief are celebrated , have industriously circulated ttie falsehood that Sir John Alilley Doyle is a Rtpealer , with a view to create a split between tha Repealers and the anti-Repealers . And a knot of half-a-dozen say they will not vote for Sir John should he declare himself an advocate of Repeal . How preposterous . ' Suppose the Repealers , acting on the same principle , should say , if Sir John be a non-Repealer we will not vote for him Tha 3 nine-tenths of the electors of the borough would sink their votes and give- tha Tory cindidato a walkover . And are not the one party as much bound cot to put forward an anti-Repeal test as the other not to insist on a Repeal test ? Indeed in this particular
locality , a Repeal candidate has a juster and fairer claim to the Suffrages of the constituency than a non-Repealer . But Repealers having the general interest of the country more at heart than anti-Repealers , and entertaining a more inveterate hostility to the Tories , have ever shown themselves ready to put their peculiar principles in abeyance when such a sacriHce was required for the good of Ireland . They will not , therefar e , insist on pledging Sir John to Repeal . For it is manifest he is no Repealer at present , though it is hard U Bay what he may hereafter be . In the opinion of Mr . Dixon ( we have it from Ms own upBt , the greatest Tory in the land is as much a Repealer at present as Is Sir John . Then what becomes of the hollow pretence on which Sir John ' s claims are questioned T '
" We applaud the anti-Repealers who m *< Tif «; their principles , and thinking a domestic legislature would not bo advantageous , but positively dangerous , will sot vote for a Repeal candidate—but what can be said of the Newry Repealers , who , believing the measure to be the salvation of the country , ' put their peculiar principles in abeyance' out of deference to a Ministerialist f Let as not be misinterpreted—we blame the Repealers , but wish Sir John success over a Tory , although Ellis voted and spoke against Bank Monopoly . " Now what think you of that , Chartists and Repealers ; and what say you to the one Bhort and pitLy sentence , "have industriously circulated ihe FALSEHOOD thai Sir John Millet DoyU is a REPEALER !"
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0 ! Nevny Examiner , examine thyself , ajtd blusa . Of shades of departed Repeal ! « nd & ( flP eome to this , that a charge of being a Bepealermsqualifies ft candidate ia the Repeal town which returned the Republican Bradt f Ah ! we thought , and we said , that " Tib ' s Eve , " which is neither before nor after Christmas , would be the Liberator ' s time for poshing Repeal beyond the " rint " point !
Just behold the reckless oonduot of the wholesale trafficker in Irish patriotism . Does any man suppose that Captain Gobe has got a free admission ticket to New Rosa ! that the drivelling creature , Ashton Yates , goes > eot-free to Carlow ! or that Huron runs equal in harness with the beggarman in the Dublin "dilly ! " Bah ! iU sickening , and we leave it with the following announcement about 11 my son John , " who can no longer dupe the honest and upright Repealers of Kilkenny : —
" Kilkenny . —A Mr . Loughlan has determined on going to the poll , and , from peculiar circumstances , will at least be enabled to make some show of opposition . Mr . Loughlan professes Radicalism , and avowB his readinous to vote for Repeal ; and Mr . John O'Connell has betrayed signs of abandoning the contest " Let all these be read , and then let the reader say whether or not the days of humbug are numbered in Ireland .
H » re we part , for the present , asking our Dublin friends , our Loughrea friends , our Irish friendg generally , and our English friends as well , why they do not form themselves into exclusive dealing associations , for the purpose of supporting their own World , the only honest paper that has appeared in Ireland for forty-three years f Why do not the English Chartists kick some milk-and-water drab oat of their rooms and take the World instead 1 The Star , the Dundee Chronicle , and the Perth Chronicle , are the corner-stones of the Uuiversal Temple of Liberty . The World is the foundation-stone of Ireland ' s future glory . One and all must be supported , and above all , and before all , the World .
Support the World and the World will support you . We utterly repudiate the idea that we desire to make a monopoly of any portion of the press . We can live aad let live . The more the better for the
cause . Hurrah for Repeal and the Charter , For the Charter and Repeal hurrah I i !
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THE CHABTER PRECURSOR PARLIAMENT . " When the Devil got in , the Devil a Whig would be ; When the Devil got out , the devil a Whig was he . " " Coming events oast their shadow before . " Will those who have watched events from the year 1832 , when the people first began to feel their full power , to the present time , say that some great and mighty chance is not now at hand !
For nine long years the Tories have been mustering their strength behind the ramparts of Whiggery . For nine long years have the Whigs stood in the way of Tory annihilation , for the mere purpose of frustrating the promised results from their own boasted measures , and now they once more appear as suitors for public confidence . The question is , do they deserve it ! We at once answer , decidedly not . They are now in our
hands ! and by a proper use of them , we can make them fit public opinion like a glove ; but we must first stretch them to the size and shape of the blistered hand . That they will be in a minority , even they th emselves do not for a moment doubt ; and if their minority is , as before observed , too small for * party , and too large for a faction , then will the people have returned the Chabtkb Precursor Parliament !
Out of this election , novr coming , the Charter or " something more" must follow . We are informed by the palace fenoibles and the Wfaigs that the Queen is about to appeal lo heb people . The times for such an appeal are peculiarly out of joint just now , inasmuch as heb people are beginning to doubt the reality of her existence . Many who were formerly rather enamoured of Royalty , begin to believe that the Queen is some ethereal spirit—the ghost of some departed constitution—the ruling power of a living oligarchy , or the alternating puppet of the Hppetmost faction . They say , " For five months from January to May , we got up respectful addresses to her as the party or person , individual
or corporation , from whom alone justioe is never asked in vain . " They say , " Those addresses cost U 3 much money , and were written in the humble and humiliating language of the present fashion of begging mercy where justice is the thing required . " They say , " We sent those wspectful addresses by ambassadors of our own , in order to heighten the compliment ; and yet were her people ' s ambassadors disdainfully forbid her presence , while the heralds of war , and tools of foreign potentates , oould command it as a matter of right . " For a whole month was attempt after attempt made , but in vain , to drink at the fountain of ' mercy , ' if we must use the humiliating word ; and the result is , that the people begin to doubt the reality of such a thing as a Queen .
When . the oligarchy require the strength of the Royal spirit , her name becomes a common password , and she is made too cheap ; but when the people require even an interview , the spirit is not to be found . The Whigs have , firstly , estranged the people from their natural protectors , as guardians of their rights and trustees of their property . They have , secondly , destroyed all respect for the House of Commons , by their insolent , outrageous , and audacious treatment of the people ' s respectful petitions . And , lastly , they have made the very
name of Monarch stink in the nostrils of every working roan of common sen ^ o throughout the land . These things have they done in nine Bhort years of a Reformed era . But do they indeed hope to euoceed in their mad career f They cannot . The tyrant ' s title to power , ignorance , has fled the land . Behold the difference between the present times and the day when " the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill" was hailed as a great national legacy . Then the rich man . spoke , and the poor cried , hurrah ! Not a single poor man could wag a jaw . Reform was his idol , and for it he would hold up his blietered hand . But now , al * s ! how changed the times . One party
complains that the Chartist leaders , poor ignorant working men , receive immense prices for , p single lecture ; while they further complain , at thesame time , that they cannot hire them I This is a change . At publio meetings now , the people speak and the masters shout . Does the sceptic require further proof of our oft repeated assertionr- " Give the people an interest in being educated , and they will very speedily outshine < all other classes in knowledge 1 " Have we not here a proof of it , we ask ! Do we not tind disappointment in others propelling the people on to self-action , and obliging them to do their own work \ and have they not , in the training , far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of their warmest friends I
Will what is passing teach the sticklers for old abuse that olden , statatea cannot govern new opinions—that the edicts of tyrants cannot hold freemen in subjection—that legitimacy means what a living majority deems right , and just , and prudent ; while loyalty is goue somewhat out of fashion , since law , to which alone it is due , has gone out of use . How now will a committee of St . Stephen ' s merchants and a standing army meet feuch an array of moral power as our ranks present , and which is the drill sorgeantof physical strength ? Can they shoot a principle , fence with opinion , or stab a sentiment ! No . Their Constitution is a tattered garment , in
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which old opinion was fantastically dressed for the masqaerade in bye-gone times . Lei them take it now in one hand and the royal sceptre in the other , and sitting before the rushing streams of knowledge , say to the flood-tide of publio opinion , " Tans far shalt thou go and no further . " Let them try this , and they will then , in the unstayed , unsubdued , and anawed element , behold the shadow which « knowledge ; which is indicative of a great coming event ; whioh is V Charter Parliament , and of whioh the next assemblage will be the PRECURSOR .
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THE "MANCHESTER TIMES " AND
THE SLAUGHTER ! The plotters and eoncocters of the Manchester slaughter were miserably disappointed , that the prudence and good sense of the Chartists foiled their contemplated slip of the " dogs of war" upon a peaceful and unarmed multitude . The Whig organs were sadly puzzled what to make of the affair ; for the prudence and good sense of the people at the " demonstration meeting , " left them just in this predicament : that the Anti-Corn Law League had invited the attendance of the people , in fyler , as they said , to discuss the question ;" that they had then hired a band of bloodthirsty ruffians , armed them with bludgeons and pokers , and instructed them to " crack the
skull' of every one who should presume to offer himself " to discuss" with them ; that these ruffians had done their bidding ; that skulls had been cracked ; that blood had flowed ; that the Magistrates and Police had looked on with perfect indifference , evidently waiting for the retaliatory attacks of the people upon their assailants ; that the people saw through the move , and disappointed the further bloody designs of the ruffian crew ; that all the attacks , and nearly all the fighting , had been f rom and on their own side ! I and that every man of respectability and character , who saw their proceedings , was thoroughly disgusted and cried open shame upon them . Under these circumstances the Whig Journals sung very small indeed .
They would gladly have refrained from reporting the proceedings altogether , could they have done so : but this being out of the question , they gave a slight notice of the affair , representing the slaughter as a " slight disturbance ; " and lyingly charged the commencement of it upon the Chartists . This lying charge would have been palmed upon the public had we not given in the Star a true and faithful Report of that day's proceedings ; and the Whigs , as far as the country generally was concerned , would have been washed of the odium whioh now will cling for ever to their very
name . Our Report has , however , forced the rascals to notice the butchery , which but for our exposure , they would have gladly smothered . The Bloody" young u Times , " of Manchester , has the following morsel upon our Report : — " [ We have carefully read over the Northern Star ' s report of the proceedings of the Demonstration meeting , and assure our distent readers that there is scarcely a line of truth in it . Our town readers know that the report is a clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods .
The physical-force Chartists impudently obtruded on the meeting , for the purpose of creating disorder , and their bombastic and ignorant leaders were evidently prepared to play their accustomed game . Bat they were foiled , as they henceforward will be in Manchester whenever they attempt to break the peace in a quiet and orderly assembly . The reporter of the Star , if such any man can be called who manufactures falsehoods to obtain a paltry existence , bos no doubt performed his work most satisfactorily to his employers , who seem to gloat over gross misrepresentation and filthy mendacity . ]"
The Thumping Liar unbluahingly asserts that "thereis scarcely aline of truth" in our report ; and fancies that his bare assertion of the "thumper " will be sufficient to make it pass for truth ! This'is modest 1 Very ! Will the Thumping Liar point out one single" line" in our Report that is not true ! We defy him to do so . ¦ " Our town readers , " says the Thumping Liar , " know that the report is a clumsy and malignant
tissue of falsehoods . " Faith , Mr . Thumper , they know no such thing ! and they know , too , that your reckless assertion , unaccompanied by proof , or any attempt at proof , will not make that pass for " falsehood" which is undeniably true ! No , no , Mr . Liar , you must condescend to prove your assertions , before your " town-readers" will believe you J V » ¦»«¦ _ T S- " I U A * l ~~)> iVnt Al »~ MA .. »« Li is it fal that the
Pray , Mr . ar , " se" Mayor refused to call the meeting 1 for that fact occupies more than " a line" in our Report . Is it " false" that the meeting was called by ten of the anti-Corn Law clique ; and that the hired tool , Finnigan , was one of tkem t Is it false" that the promoters of that meeting , Finnigan among the rest , invited the people to their meeting , under pretence of " discussing the question ?"
Is it "false" that this same Finnigan , in the anti-Corn Law Association Rooms , in the very head quarters of the bloody Row , where the blood-money is paid over to him and bis hired brother comrogues ; —is it " false" that this receiver of the factory tyrants ! gold , told honest Wheeler , that if the Chartists presumed to accept the invitation given to them to attend the meeting , " they must come prepared tO KEET THEIR God" ? ! !
Is it " false" that this fact was communicated by Wheeler to Sir Charles Shaw , your Chief Commissioner of Police , the day before your meeting was held ! Is it "false" that the promoters of the meeting hired a gang of soulless ruffians , armed them with bludgeons , and directed them to crack the skull of every Chartist they oould meet with ? Is it "false" that when a procession of Chartists were coming upon the ground , headed by a Chartist flag , that , upon a signal being given from the platform , they were , set apon by the armed ruffians , and their " skulls cracked" —five of them having to be taken off the ground in an insensible state—having been left for dead 1
Is it " false" that while these things were going on the Police and Magistrates looked on with perfect indifference , and took not any , the slightest , means to put a stop to the bloody proceedings \ Is it " false" that Sir T . Potter was appealed to , over and over again , to interfere to preserve the peace , broken ( as was told him ) by his own friends ; and that he declined , saying it was only " a bit oi an Irish row ; and that they liked such things V Is it" false" that the military were under arms ; that the police were on the ground and in the neighbourhood , each aimed with a heavy truncheon !
Is it "false" to assert that all these preparations were made by the promoters of your meeting , ia the hope that the people would retaliate on the spot the attack made by your hired ruffians ; and thus afford an opportunity of bringing in the soldiers , yeomanry , and police , to send some scores of them to " Meet their God'' 1 Yes , Thumping Liar ! please to say whether these
things be " false" or not ! and then let us hear what you have to say to the statements made in our last by parties who give their names , and who snfferedfrom the bludgeons paid for out of the anti-Corn Law Leagme ' s money ! While you have the subject in hand , yot may as well , too , answer the following query or two . This will save your further recurrence to it , for bo doubt it is a sore spot , and yoa will wiah to keep it oovered .
Just toll us , Liar , what the "Demonstration Meeting" cost the aatt-Corn Law League , independently of THE PAY given to the hired tools , Finmoak and Warmn ! Was it as muoh , or mere , than the cum the members of the " Plague" whispered among themselves on the hustings , as the coBt , — £ 660 ! How much , was paid out of that sum to a certain joiner for bludgeons ! and how long was he engaged in naking the lot" f «* yon !
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Answer these two queries , Mr . Thumper ; and than we-have another or two to put which wiO pnazle yon not a little I Yes , Thumper I let us have tn answer to thew queries ; and let them be answered . Ifcn't think to " come it" with—** Our town readers know the report is & clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods . " This , won't do ! It may be » Thumping way of " settling the hash" of an uglj Report ; bat it won't do ! Yoa mast condescend . Mr . Liar , to point oat the ** falsehoods "—and too must also PROVE them to be such , or the coua « try will not believe you I
Ah { bnt"it was the Physical Force Chartists that impudently obtruded on the meeting " that kicked up the row ! So ! so t Then yon admit the butchery , do you 1 But" it was the Chartists "I What a pool it is I !! Let every man of oommoa sense ask himself whether or not , if such had been the case , it would Hot have afforded many weeka food for the enemies of Chartism . Smarting under the lash , of our exposure , they would now vainly throw the 1 odium upon the Chartists !
It may do for such pnuts as the Thumping Liar to dispose of the affair between brackets , thus [ J ; bat for as , who court and demand inquiry , it does not do ! And now let us ask one plain and simple question . If the Chartists were openly and flagrantly the offenders , why did not the " Bloodies" interpose and put them down I If the Chartists were the real offenders , why did they call a free discussion meeting for the follow-Dg Saturday , to inqnire fully into the case ! And if the other parties were innocent , why did they , with arms in their hands , meet in large numbers to obstruct the Saturday meeting , and thereby smother inquiry ! and why did they repeat the offence bv wounding , cutting , and maiming poor
Wheeler and several others , without the slightest offence being offered ! Were they conscious that Whekler was able to depose to the fact , that Finnigan had warned him and his friends to come to the " free discussion " meeting of the " Plague" " prepared to meet their God" \ Had they a presentiment that a judicial enquiry must take place touching the whole proceedings , and that the fact which Wheeler was able to swear to was a very ugly one for them to wriggle out of ; and that it was necessary to get him out of the way—so agreed to send him " to meet his God" I Why was Mr . Bradley knocked down and maimed , in open day , for no other offense than that of being a Protestant ?
These questions must and shall be answered ; and the folly and lying of the Thumper shall not prevent it , nor screen the real offenders
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"DO BE DECENT ! " "BE DECENT , DO !" , " Docency ! Katty , honey !" * ' O dear I what will become of us ? Dear ! dear ! what Bhall we do ?" Publicola , in his last letter to the Dispatch , has condescended us a lesson upon the necessity of using polite . language , and urging the prudence of calling high offences by soft names . But that ' s nothing compared to the lesson on Decency which we find ia the last week ' s number of that model of urbanity , the Queen Groaner /
"Ladies and Gentlemen , '' pray read the following sentence from the pen of the scrupulous and modest Mr . Baines . Speaking ef one of the Tory candidates for Knaresborough , he says" About Mr . BusHeld Ferrand there is certainly no mystery . ' A red hot ultra Tory , who in all his publio displays has shewn himself arrogant , blustering , and quarrelsome ; who had the INDECENCY TO OFFER HIMSELF AS A CANDIDATE FOR BRADFORD IN EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO HIS OWN UNCLE" !!!
Really this is too funny to laugh at I Pray , Mr . Modesty ,-did Mr . Aldah , senior , countersign the Aldam nonsense published in your last Mercury , as the address of the young gentleman now aspiring to the indecent honour of being defeated ! or does his mother know he ' s going out ? "Dear ! dear ! what will become of us" ! The world must be coming to an end , when Publicola reviles hard words , and Neddy Baines speaks of decency I
The naughty boy , Bus weld , did not ask " his own uncle" f " For shame , Sir ; who would vote for such an indecent nephew" !
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THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE WHIGS . Mr . O'Connor has received the following letter from ono whom he supposes to be an accredited agent of the Whigs , and which he submits to tha Nottingham Chartists for a reply—he has given
none : — " Camelon , near Falkirk , " June 8 th , 181 L " Sir , —I take the liberty of addressing you for th « first time , hoping , at the same time , yoa will excuse me for so doing . I should feel greatly obliged by your sending me > Un « in answer to the following , viz : — " Could a Chartist be put in for Nottingham instead of Walter , provided the Whigs would support the Chartists , which I can assure you they will if the
Chartists will support them to get in one Whig ? Your immediate answer will greatly oblige , " Sir , yonrs truly , " W . B . Bray . " Direct to be left at Caraelon Distillery . " What , we wonder , will now be said to the " unnatural alliance" sought by ( he Whigs with the Destructives , whose undisguised support of Toryism was to brand the G overnment of Sir Robert Peel as " bloodthirsty" !
Well , but let us have a word . What , in the event of a junction with the Whigs , would be the game proposed by the gamblers ! Why , jast this— " Heads , we win—Har-ps you lose , " and then they would name a Whig , and not being able to agree about a fit and proper Chartist to insure Whig unanimity , they , the Whigs , would then name three Chartists , that is , three more Whig 3 , and from which number the Chartists would be allowed to select one of tha rotten trio .
Now let us just lay down a rule for the guidance of our friends in all such cases . They mast not deal with the electors ; because , the Chartirts , true to their word , would vote , to a man , according to compact , . and then the Whigs would vo for a Whig , and for the devil , rather than for a Chartist . The understanding then should be with the principal , and should-run thus , in writing , duly attested by twelve witnesses , being Chartists , and twelve being Whigs . — "I , John C . Hobhouse , do hereby pledge myself to vacate my seat by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds , in one week after parliament shall meet , in the event of any twenty voters who shall vote for meat the ensuing election not giving their second vote to A . B . the Chartist candidate . " That ' s the ticket for voting !!
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ELECTION MOVEMENTS . " Now ,-by St . Paul , the work goes bravely on !" Under this head we have given a bird ' s eye view of the whole country , as to its movements ; selecting not merely from communications forwarded to oa by our own regular and acknowledged correspon dents , but from many occasional ones , who spring np with ' the excitement of the time , and also from * U the papers , both Whig and Tory , of the " Establishment . " Opr readers will not , therefore , b « enrprisedio find some of the two and three lin » paragraphs under this head smelling strongly •* of corruption ' s foetid breath . " We have given them a hash of all sorts ; in full confidence that the Chartist seasoning will be found amply sufficient to maintain the flavour .
Let them refer to the addresses of the several candidates for the borough of Leed 3 , and dispassionately ask themselves who , according to reason , are the most fit and proper to represent them . It would be superfluous to comment upon the appeaU of Messrs . Williams and Leech ; let them be read , and then lei the others be spelled ; and let the sound minds of working men decide » p : > n the relatir *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct711/page/4/
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