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THE SOUTHERN STAB SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 184h
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* v - » UANCHESTSB . SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEdATB MEETING . TWtbofa meetiaa took place on »«*« . £ * _ She ChartistroomT Brown-street , EastM ^^ f 1 "' Drtaratea iK « e « V-Mi . J »» es Carttedge , for % * n ! I ^; 5 r ? Henry Nutiall , T . b-si * eet , ManiS ^ S ;^!! ^^^ , ^^^ - !^; Mr . TS ~ GKmeott , Brown- * ireet , Manchester ; Mr . W ^ i ^ S ialybridge ; Mr , Jos * pfa Lomas . SsrSWretfr Ma * ene eter ; Mr . Richard Haalem , QtfKlaVW . SaehaYd lifctler , SeJford ; Mr . Josiah CoMfer , Failswortfc * nd Bollingwood ; Mr . Henry Siana&ld , taflflfs and shoemakers , Maacheste *; M * . Ifcrod Morrison , Eccles ; Mr . Charles Connor , Miles * slatting , Manchester ; Mr . JonBh Schofield , Droylsdec iad Opensh&w ; Mr . John Dootson , Boden-lane ; Mr . Joshua Brigga , Pillrington ; Mr . Bobert Ward , Jliddleion ; Mr . William MiieheB , Shaw ; Mr . Edmil Bradley , Moasley ; Mr . Join Byron , Newton-Heath . "" . .. . Mt . Johk Ciiowtheb was called to the chair .
The business was opened by a discussion npon the drcumBtanee of there being two delegate meetings held in Sooth Lancashire at thesame time , one at Oiiham . and the other at Manchester , Several delegates rose and said they hod been asked whether there had been a split in the Chartist ranks in that oonxrty . ¦ ¦ . Mt . Haslbh rose and said , that so far as there betg any Bplit , he thought it -would be at once discovered that there conld be no such intention on the part of ike Oldham Chartists , because they had sent & delegate to represent them at that j » eeiing which lie concaved looked nothing like a split . Some ob . crntiona were mado by other Delegates , and the
euDjeci dropped . Mr . LmxsE remarked that there was as urgent necessity for a lecturer , becaub-j the good whieh had been accomplished by Mr . Leach fright be done equally bo by a lecturer possessing the same a&iivies . He likewise complained of the neglect of many of the lecturers in not attending to their appointments ; he h&d been compell-A to officiate eight ox nine times . Meetings had been called which had been numerously attended , and 220 person to adcress them , which was calculated , whea often repeated , to injure the cause . Mr . Losus thoaght the best way to avoid such dkappoiaiments was to allow no name to be put upon the plan bat who would either pledge himself to attend , cr provide a suitable person to officiate for
Mr . Iotxlzb moTed thai each delegate come pre pared to state the names of the 9 to be pot upon ihe plan , likewise the propriety of electing a county lecturer , and who he should be . The motion was then seconded , put , and carried unanimously . A long ( UBcassion then commenced upon the draw * ing up of the plan , in order to so arrange it as to gait tie time and convenience of the various lecturers , and about one man being teo often sent to the ease place . . _ ¦ ...
Mr . Cabxledgk , secretary , perfectly agreed with that , inasmuch as he had been p laced in the situation of the man and his ass , who tried t& please everybody asd lost his ass into the bargain . ' Mr . Lo > us said they had at first very large meetings , bat in consequsnoe of lecturers- not coming According to appointments , the meetings had of late fallen off . Fire lecturers had been planned for Strandstreet , and out of that number only one iMr . Griffin ) had attended . Mr . Moascsos and other delegates made the same complaints . At Eccles they would neither place confidence in notices Terbally or by bi'ls , having several times been disappointed . It certainly was very disheartening , after placarding , to have nobody . His constituents would believe no one uatil he actually shewed his £ * ce .
Mr . Johh Lssch , of Hyde , said they oould have Terr large meetings at that town , but when they assembled to the number of two thousand , they had to go away again as they came . Mr . James Leach noticed through the Star , that he would lecture at Staijbridge and Hyde . lie went to the former , but at Hyde , the ugh there was a meting of three thousand people , no one cane . Such proceedings had dene them great injury . Mr . KuniXL brought forward the following resolation , which was carried unanimously : —
" Thai there be a committee appointed , consisting of persons from each w&rd ia Manchester , to assist the eecrwarv in drawing up the plan for the next three months , and that each district in Sooth Lancashire requiring lecturers , do distinctly inform the secretary , how often they want lectures , the nights on which they must attend , also the names and resident ? of all persons in their various localities ¦ who are willing to be put upon tne plan as lecturers , the nights upon which they can attend , and the distance to which they can conveniently go ; and that the above , and every other information be Bent to the secretary , Mr . James Caidedge , 34 , Lomasstreet , twenty-one days previous to the expiration of ihe p resent plan /'
It was also agreed that in order to prevent any disappointment for the future , tLe secretary be furnished with the names and residence of all lecturers as early as possible , so thai as soon as these on the plan find out that they cannot attend according to the time ment'craed , he may be able to supply their ¦ places , in ord- ^ r to carry out which , Jhe must have a list of ^ persons likely to fill up hi case of emergency . A disciisaon . ensued upon the foxtheomin ;* Convention , audit was stated that thosmn required for Lancashire was £ 45 10 s . Mr . Staxsfield said before ihey proceeded to ¦ nominate a person as delegate , they must know where they were to get the wage 3 and mean 3 from .
Mr . Hasleji wondered what so mucn iaoneywas for , if they onlv had to sit so short a time . Were they to receive £ o per week I If so , according to the sia e of the people who Lad to pay them their wages would be too high . Mr . Littleb argued that so far & 3 raising the money was concerned , he for his purt saw no Ttry great difficulty , and believed that if every delegate did hia duty , it would hi raised . Several delegates thought 35 vras an impropriety in the Executive for calling such a Convention . Mr . Cabtledge—The Executive vras elected by the Tvhole of the members , and , if they trnst have an Executive , so fax aa they acted consistently , ~ nd for the general prosperity of the e ? M 3 e , both them and their measures must be supported .
Mr . Gbiffis Esid that each delegate would receive two pounds per week , their expences there and back , and to sit four weeks oiilj . Mr . NtmALL—The wa ^ P 3 w ere net at all what shouli be taken into consiaeration . The members of the Convention , wLca assembled , intended 10 make as great a display ss possib-e , to rouEe the workiEg men of the metropolis ; ano , if they would allow h \ m the phrase , to make the very stones ef tke street rise and support the r etkion—and likowl e t-o infuse a determined spirit through the "United Kingdom . This , of course , would be atttfied with great expence ; the money must be raised ; and , for his part , he would do what ho could—they on ^ ht i ^ ot to scruple for a monun ' , but ro immediately to work . Messrs . Lr : rLE& , Siassfield , GnAWcoTr , and Wood pledged themselves that their portion of the expences should be forthcamiag at the ap ^ oiDted time .
Mr . Wood said that his district ? cnt be ; vvix : thirty and forty pounds "to the first Convenaon , They had not been so weii organised since the 12 th of August , bit he would do all he could . Mr . Charles Cok > ob said the Chartists of Nor ; l Lancashire considered themselves a du . rict of tbrmselves ; they were very poor ; they would selec , a member who would be satisfied to represent thru : in the Convention for just what they con' . d aS ' sr i u give him . Mr . Kctull rose to bring forward a motion thai a Ibtt of oner halfpenny per week stiould be roadt upon the members for tae next fire weeks , whicl
was te be 'naderete ^ d as ths Convention halfp en ny . Mr . Haslkm said they had a Churc > . parson v .: pre ^ eaied them from collecting money at their room If they had a 1 ^ 5 ture and charged for admissica , i or some of his spies were present ; and - 'f they g up a tea party , he did all he could to entrap thei It was ultimately agreed that a delegate znectii gheuld be held on the 18 th of December , when eve : delegate woidd b © expected to bring tt * vT > eiice p member , which would be > i ^ lf whit eaeh memt , would have to pay , with an understanding r ha-i i . other half would be furthcozsing when wanted . Mr . James Leach ytss put in nomination for t South Lancashire District .
Mr . Nuttall moved a vote of th&nks to 1 L Cartledge for bis exertions as secretary . Messrs . Stansfield , Cartledge , s ^ d Griffin wei appointed to draw up an address to th ? f " aarti 5 i and working men of South Lancashire . Mr . Cabtledgb moved " th ^ t every delegate d what he coald towards asshiing Mr . Dawson , < Oidbam . ' * Carried . It was likewise resolved , " That every Jectur < adopt the plan of Feargas O'Connor in waitteg 1 enroll names to the association , and receive sgni tares to the petition" ^ . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , an the delegates dispersed after six hour ' s sittiDg .
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SHEFFIELD . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Chakiisis Pjrepaek !—The anti-Corn Law hu bngs held , las : Monday , a hole-and-corner meeti ia the Cutlers' Hall , ; o which , only the favour few ware admitted by circular . We unrii stand that his Lordship , me autocrat of Wenmor was present , tci -ether with a number of ihe Plu ; eraey of Sktineid and its neighbourhood . A m humbc ^ wa s started , namely , " A Socieiy I ' m t promotion of free trade . " want of space prevei as taking further notice of this empty bs ^ » mM >« Mn « upcu the present occasion . In iae met tiaw , w « iay , CSar tists be watchful—pi vine , a
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should the knaves dare to show themselves in public , drub them again , as you ' ve drubbed them before . Sdvdat Evexikg Lecture . —' Ax , Gill ketnred on Sunday evening ; sabject— " Usutf , and . Us feffjotB ou eooiety . " The room waa crowded by a respectable and attentive audience . The lpjctwer eat « wd * t great length into the subject of' hit diaeourse ; coft-/ eluding his address by noticiag aad refuting eeztain misstatements of the Sheffield IndependtnL . The thanks of the meeting wera . awarded to Mr . Gill for his instructive address . l > . wai UBVnneed that Mr . Otley _ would lecture on next Sunday evening .
Public Mbrikg . —A pnblie ¦ meeting called for the adoption of the National Pwtttien -was held on Mewls ? Meninf last , in the T « w * Hall , ' Owing to some mismanagement , the placards oallia ^ the meeting were not posted until twelve o ' clock « n the day of meeting , and bepee but a oomparatJveJy smaU number of tbe'Chaiii « t 8 knew of the oeefeig ; aotwith-Btandiag this untoward event , about eight hundred persons-ware assembled , who testified by their hearty enthusiasm the lively interest they took in theproceedingfciMr . March was called lo the chair . Mr . Gill read the petition r and moved its adoption . Mr . Harrison seconded the adoption of tb « petition , which was ananunonsly adopted . Mr . J . Harney proposed the following resolution ;—* That this
meeting having adopted the National Petition , pledge themselves to exert their every wiergy to make that document a really national demand for the restoration of the people's right . And this meeting approving of the ins tractions of the £ xeen > tive Council , pledge their support to the Convention of 1842 . " Mr . M'Kettxick seconded the nwtfon , wuicb waa oarried with but one dissentient . Mr . West . the West-Biding lecturer , then addretBed th&meeting at great length , and was loudly cheered . ' He challenged discussion ; but no one opposed him . Mr . Harney , at the conclusion , moved . the following resolution : — "That this meeting having heard with
pleasure the noble , eloquent , and energetic address » f Mr . West , of Macolesfield , return him their hearty thanks ; and being of opinion that that gentleman would do honour to the Convention , do hereby request him to become one of the candidates for the representation of the county- of York . " Mr . M'Kettrick seconded Mr . Haraey ' s resolution . Tho resolution was adopted unanimously . Cn the motion of Mr . Harrison , the thanks of tke meeting were voted to the Town Trustees for the nsaof thaJIall . Thanks having been voted to theiGhainnan , and three cheers given for Feargus O'Connor * three for Mr . West , three for ihe the Welah martyrs , and three far the Charter , the meeting dissolved .
The Southern Stab Saturday, November 20, 184h
THE SOUTHERN STAB SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 184 h
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THE EFFECT OF " EARLY , " u IMPRU DENT" AND "IMPROVIDENT
MARRIAGES . " Ths past week has been one of rejoicing and congratulation . The " birth of a man child" has threatened , for a time , to allay even the heat of faction . Whigs and Tories have thrown up their oaps together , and their organs have vied with each other in the work of fulsome adulation , and of forgetting ths addition which this " auspicious" circumstance will , in all certainty , make to the already overpowering burdens of the back-broken people We were admiring the versatility of human nature , and wondering at the praises bestowed upon her
Majesty ' s unusual fecundity , by the Malthusian theorists—we were considering what the effect upon so evidently ardent a constitution most have been , if subjected to Poor Law regulations—we were lamenting ever the awful details given in another colazin at oar paper from the Timety and in another part of our paper from Mr . Hae > ev ; —we were comparing mentally the condition of useful , paticc ; , toiling industry , and of its virtuous mate in nature ' s hour of agony , with that of the gilded head of faction ; we were reflecting upon the neverto-bft-forgotlen speech of Lord Bsoughak ;—and
we were seeking within the mind for a principle of resignation to the inscrutable decrees of Providence by which such anomalies exist , whea our cogitations were interrupted by the following aingulwr evidence that jaundioe has not stained all the spectacles of Englishmen ; tha-i there arc yet some prophets in the land who bow not the knee to Baal , and in whose estimation , as in that of an authority much higher , * ' the rich and the poor do meet together . " This w * 3 to us so refreshing a draught after the nauseous repetitions we had been imbibing the whole
. week , that we cannot choose but give it to our i readers even as we got it . Besides which we hold ; ourselves bound to do so , by the old maxim , audi \ aiteram partem . It is unfair that amidst the i general hnbbub ef real and affected " loyalty" coni eistency should have no voice . We love consistency \ so much , that we can admire it even in a " Malthasian i Bachelor , " and we think the following one of the best proofs of it that we have eeen for some time : or if not so , it is a hit much too good for us to miss . : Here , then , it is : —
Mr . Editor , —I am sick at heart ! grieved beyond the power of expression . The nation has gone mad—absolutely stark staring mad ! The Ministers are mad , the courtiers are mad , the conductors of the publio press are mad , tho whole people are mad ! Another Royal Infant has been born into an already too-over-populated world , and every one , forsooth , throws up his cap , and cries hurrah ! Now , Sir , I say this is maduess—absolute iusauity . If the people had not been demented , they would have Been , in the event which has called iorth all this manifestation of joy , and in the marriage which
has led to that event , evils of the greatest magnitude . ' They would have seen in them plain , palpable , condemnable violations of the first rules of population philosophy . They would have seen that ihe Queen has set an example to the nation which ought not to be followed ; and they wculd have taken care that bhe had becu told that she had acted imprudently and impbovidsmly . Yes , Sir , if the nation had not been blinded by madness , they wonld have setn all this , and the conduct of tho people would hare been ju ^ i the reverse of that which it has been .
Has not Malthus demonstrated that the tendency of population is to press hardly upon the means of subsistence ? Has he not demonstrated , that while food iacreasea only ia au arithmetical ratio , population increases in a geometrical ratio ? Has he not demonstrated that we are bow cursed with a surplus population I Has he not shown that we press . hardly upon the mean 3 of subsistence f Has he not proved th-i there are already too many of us \ Has he not sho-. vn the absolute necessity for moral restraint I Has Le no . depicted the manifold evils arising from early and improvident marriages !
Has lie sot shown the wickedness and einfuiuess of crowding beings into au already overstocked world ? Haa he noi proved that we have no ri ^ ht to do this ! Has he not shown that if we thus tin against philosophy , we war against society , ami that society ii josufied in warring against ue T Has he not demonstrated that for the beings thus thrust upon us , nature has provided no seat at her table ? Has he not shown that we are , in self-defence , justified in leaving them to starve ? Has ho not shown that it would be a waste of raejr . s to rut a crust of bread into the mouth of a siarviut' man ? Has he not
shown thai no young iroman tia . s a right to think of being married-till she arrive at the ago of thirtyfive , and men at fovty ? Have not other persons who have followed in ' iai / thcs ' s wake , shown the necessity of married people using moral checks to prevent their Laving offspring . ! And have they not pointed out the means I la fine , have not Malthos and h : s co-workers shown the absolute necessity of checking the breeding of children ; of restrictions , asd of praieitlai considerations t Have
they not developed the whole science of population , and established a new school of philosophy ! Yes , in sooth have they ! And their philosophy has taken deep root . No sooner was it propounded , than it commended itself to the conviction of the brightest and best minds of the age . Their propositions commanded assent . There was no resisting the conclusions so naturally drawn from the premises kid down . Tho philosophy might ran counter to men's feelings , but it spoke to their judgments * and it obtained almost universal aasent .
Have we not had a Ministry openly declared adherents of Maltbts ? Have we not seen them introduce a measure into Parliament professedly f ounded on tike principles en unrated by him ! Was
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not the avowed object of that measure to force the people to lire oa » j » aner sotrt of food ? in other words , 'to ek © oat the slender supply of food for » redundant popufetioB i 90 M to ensure to each his fairBhareof the Uttle wehad todindet Did not tii * measure » lio provide for the propet puniahmeat of the young and thonghtleaa girl , wh ^ rraa im prudent enough to bear a bastard cuild ^ bj < MMuigniox her and her intrndior toung one to wane and starva
tion TMd did not the Parliament pass that me * sore , founded oa these ' principles , . aud for these avowal objeeta f Moil assuredly It did . Could they have done otherwise with the fact staring them in the face , that we are so numerous on thesoil that we are ready to eat one mother up ! Would they have been Statesmen or Legislators if they had not taken some step / i to alleviate the evils arising from redundant population , and to pat some little ohec ttf the enormous over-breedin «! " ' ..
Statesmen and Legislators , then , hate given in ( heir adhesion to Malthua . Hia principles have beea deemed sound and perfect . Legislation , has been founded and proceeded 'upon them . Another institution has been added to our other oneB in Church and State , purposely to carry out those great principles of population philosophy . The Science has been regularly acknowledged , and acted on . Its truth has been established beyond the possibility of doubt . ¦ . -.-. ¦¦ " ¦
. This being the ease then , is there any cause for rejoicing in the fact of a young woman marrying almost before she is twenty-one , and giving birth to two children in' abont twenty months I Are we to turn np the whites of bur eyes , and thank God for thisj . Are we to throw of our caps for thiat Ought we not rather mourn over the flin committed—the suffering occasioned ! Is ; philosophy to be thus set at nought ! Are its monitions to be thus thoughtlessly disregarded ! No , Sir I » thousand times no ! and when the faintest gleam of common sense comes over the now-demented people , they will not be slow in telling the Queen what they think Gf puoh glaring violations of the precepts of the population philosopher , Malthcs . They will speak
plaialjtoher , andofhei . They / will suffer no old musty , antiquated notions of loyalty to step in be-i tween them and duty . Loyalty is all very well for operating on the minds of the vulgar . It may be all very well , too , to affeot to be loyal , to speak of the Queen ' a sacred person , and treat her as if she was more than mortal , and therefore privileged to do what others would not be allowed to do , in Ordinary and common place matters . Bat philosophy knows nothing of this . The rales of philosophy are general , infinite , and eternal , not particular and mutable . A violation of them is a violation , no mattor bj whom onmmitkri . Philosophy is no respecter of personsknows no carte—attends to no petty personal distinctions . The word loyalty is not once to be found in her whole vocabularly .
Whenever , therefore , the people come to their senses , they will tell the Queen what they think of an imprudent giddy young girl contracting an early and improvident marriage ; they will ask why she did not exercise lier ^ moral restraint ! Why she did not wait till she was thirty-fire , before she thought of marrying ! Why she did not look to it , to have a house of her own , and means te support a family , before she placed herself [ in a . position likely to lead to the bringing of young ones into an eaten-up
world 1 Why she did look to it , that her husband was sot penaile 8 S , andahirtless , and breeche 3 less , and unable to support either himself , or his wife , or the brats he might beget ! Why she did not see to it > that when this early , and improvident , and con demnable marriage was made , they did not use the moral check to prevent their having children until they were able to keep them ! They will ask respecting these things , and many more , as soon as they see the question in its true light .
Good God , Sir , what aa example has the Queen set to her people ? Suppose every young woman in the country was to act as imprudently as she nas dose , —marry early , have two children in about twenty months after marriage , why , where the Devil should we get to ! 11 Whatever would become of as ! Are we not already so overstocked , that , in Liverpool alone , we have to cram 38 , 000 persons , into cellars , and 86 , 400 others into close courts alleys , and ginnels , amidst filth and disease of every kind ! Is not the population so redundant , that we
are obliged to pack four families in one room ten feet square ! Are there not bo many of us , that we are obliged to herd together on the floor on dirty straw , man and woman , girl and boy , young and old , indiscriminately , together ? Is not breeding , too , going on so fast , that as mauy as five births take place in one ' . room at the Bame time , and three of them in one bed , all together i Has not population pressed so hardly upon the means of subsistence , that there are in your own town 20 , 000 persons living on almost nothing , solely because there is not food enough for them !
Are not these things so \ And ] will early marriages , with pauper bastard ? , and two sauallers in twenty mouths mend this state of things ? Common sense fays , No ! Every humane heart says No 1 Prudence says No ! Ministers of State say No . Legislators say No ; and Philosophy , trumpettongued , thunders No ! ! O , Sir ! instead of being such fools as we have been , and rejoicing at the evils that have come
upon us , ought we not rather to have wished that Marcus had been present with his gas ? Calling upon you in the name of insulted Malthxjs ; in the name of outraged Philosophy , to try to bring the people to their senses , I am , Sir , A heart-sickened Malthusian Bachelor . Halton , near Leeds , Noy . 16 th , 1841 .
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11 ESULT OF CLASS-LEGISLATION . A heavy pressure on our space compelled us last week to reserve , as matter that would keep , the following awful disclosure of facts , taken from The Times , and but too well sustained in our present paper by the corroborative testimony of Mr . Harney ' s letter , and of the poor fellows in the Harborough Union : —
POOB . LAW ATROCITIES . " It is our dingieeable , bat necessary task , to call the marked attention of her Majesty's Ministers , and of the public , to the working of the New Poor Law in the Suvenoaks Unien . Revolting as the statements are which were made at the Sundridge meeting on Friday lajst , Earl Stanhope and the other gentlemen who made them discharge a plain duty , and deserve the thanks of their countrymen for so doing . That such tbings should be , ia disgraceful to the nation which suffers , and to its ralers who maintain them ; but being as they are , and being neither accidents nor abuse , but direct and legitimate results of the system under which they arise , no true Englishman can wish to throw a veil over ttieir deformity .
•• The case of Lucy Welch , which waa investigated at the meeting in question , illustrates with peculiar force the cruelty of tae arrangements under which medical relief" ia dealt out , or rather denied , to the poor , iucy Welch , a poor girl of sixteen , the child of honest parents , was taken seriously ill on Monday , the . 18 Ut ult , when oa the point of going out to service . Hur mother applied to the assistant of Mr . Adams , a medical officer of the Union , living at Sevenoaks , who gave her some pills , but declined calling to see her , 'because she was not a pariahoner , and it was out of his way . ' The mother then sent another of her children to Air . Waring , the relUviag-cfflcer of toe Union , for a medical order , but this was refused ; Mr . Warren sajing that « ihe girl must eome Mo ihe
toorkfunae ! ' A few days afterwards the mother applied again to another of the medical officers to attenr . nex , but he said ' be was so busy he could not . ' On Tuesday , the 26 th ult , the giriherwlf expressed a wuh to Bee Mr . Creasy , a third medical officur and & « mother accordingly took her in a donky-catt to the residence < i that gentleman atBrastead . When I got there , * said the uwtfrav she waa worse , and I took her out with some difficulty , and put her in a chair in tiie surgery . In about Uo minutes Mr , Creasy came . and asked if I bad an 01 der ? I told him no Ha taid thai he could not attend to her xntliotU an outer . That made fheihird zppHeaiiQU for medical assistance without rf « cL He said afterwards he would give me two powders , and I must try and get an order . '
" Pausing here , let u # aak our readers whether it ia possible to conceive & system more inhuman than this t Even if there were no sequel to the story , the facts which we have stated ought to move any man ' s indig-
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nation . Bat in this case there is a sequel , for tberesult of tbjs treafmasi was pbath . In the , agoaj of neglasted iTlsflMin sad . dlamppointad hope , thl » poor « hUd , iinoisdiately on being turned away ; from tha ¦ uidlesi offiocsni doon fell down in a fit Assjstajiee and klndnesi ittsn- then offered , but toe late . She wm bled ^^» to ^« s * * ° w w ¦** 5 Si . --4 -j , ai { f .-CtejiiB 7 himself wa * present , and made a ftatft ; me ^ at th * meetin g . He ^ aiWbnted , thedeatn . of laejr Welch fco a rupture of a vessel upon the bcaln ; bat adqjftted tw * 'had she obtained ; « atlier , attention , he thoofot the result wopld bare b « en '¦ 4 oojt > tfui ; ' and fbat , had she ' been bled iome . time . before , , it . iaighjfc ibAre ^ altered tha : caae . ' ' Comment on tabaa , dwamatsj ^ e » UalU > g 6 th CT nfi 6 di 6 ft » . ' _ ¦ -.. "¦' .: ; , ' -.:, ' .. . (¦ ¦ J . - \ ., i , * / W $ f ^ oi # lHBl * s this case wj ^ houb ABlioad Tertiaf in , ti » iton » wsi ; UTms upon , the conduct of the Cotpnar , Mir . Hiudiow , » ho waif apptiwi to by the Vaster XJierk oiSttjidrldjpJat ihe request of the father of the d « K cea » ad . g | r | , and ~) mml othe ? parishioners ; ' wh » wwe daslroiijisi a fiUl ^ veatigaaon should tak * plao »*) to bold , an ^ hiiueat upon the body . , This be ' nfoaad to do '; aaeflns ; that < tt appeared | a him eTide ^ t that the girl ' s death , arose from nataral causes ; ' and that < he should not be . justified in putting the conrity to the « peiise of an inqaest , merely t « allay anj idle rumiurs ; that might be afloat . ' TeiOy this ' is a Coroner after the Pox ) r T ^ wqommiMionera ' . ^ wn . heart . If all Coroners ware Dudtows , half the mmiih * popoktioo
m ^ ht be' excluded from relielf withQut . fearof oonaaqneaoes , and those awkward verdicts 0 I ' . ' death fro » the Wjftht of the necessaries of life' could neyei meet the pi ^ blio eye . Id } e rumours , indeed J la Jt an ( die « omour w ^ ea the child of a Britiah subject ix reported , ^ na , truly reported , to hate died a premature and sudden ae % tbf oiwint of that medical assistance which the law entitled her to demaad , and which the proper . offloen refusM ? Is It tke only purpose of coroners"inqdeaU to " q , Haj" 8 uch rumours —( 0 glozo over the offence and screen the offenders , instead , of searching oat the' truth , attddlscoveiina : the ^| htful Objects of censure and punishment ? If there is , a power In England capable of r « mo 1 iug this &jr . Dudlow from the office which he so unworthily , fills , ft ought to be-exerted without a minute's delay .
" Wo now come to another portion of , dnr subject . Let our readers obser / e th 9 operation In the Sevenoaks Union of that great ' - " moratr and political Instrument of the Poor Law Conimfasroiiers , the wrkhouse test , during the winter and springuf 1841 . L ^ t them observe for what It waa , that ti ^ e unemployed poo * of Sevenoaka and its ' neiglibourhood , detetying ks well aa ondeaerving , were told to ; come Into ^ the ' bouse' daring the ieverltjr of that inclement seaion , under the penalty of starvation , let them ohserre for what it was that wives were taken from their husbands , and children from their parents , upon enterlag Into this den of abomination—the compulsory guage of their need . ' . The statements which we are about p quote were made "by Lord Stanhope , which is a sufficient pledge for their accuracy .
First , as to the men and women . —Oa the 22 nd of Apr il but , there were 57 men In 31 beds , and 40 women in 20 beds , in the Savenoaks workhouse . On the 25 th of December last five women were confined in two beds , in the same room , and thbee women webe ACTUALLY DELIVERED IN A SINGLE BED AT THK same tike . Proper attention was not paid to them , and one woman having died in her * accouchment ( we know not whether upon the same occasion ) , no inquest was held , and no notice was taken of her death . -
" Then , aa to the children : —From the month . of May to the month of November in last . year , the children were hot properly washed , and , in consequence , itch prevailad in the workhouse to a great extent On the 22 nd of April last there were , in two small rooms ( the one Bbcteenf # et by twenty-one , and the other sixt een by twentjr-seven ) , seventy-fivb boys sleep . INCJ IN SIXTEEK BEDS , and EIGHXY-SIX 0 I&L 3 IN NINETEEN beds ; each bed giving ten inches width on the average to each child . On the 29 th of April > there were in the same Pajidemonium seventy-eight boys and ninety-four girls , of whom , all the boys , and ninety-bne girls , were suffering under enlarged glands at the back of the neck , and forty-two boys and sixty-three gMa had also . swellings In the front and around the neck . Other facts were mentioned at the meeting , but we content ourselves with these .
" It is said that this loathsome state of things has ceased—that • the Guardians are now constructing a spacious sleeping-room for the children , ' dec . and that the same evils will not happen again upon the return of winter . Dr . D'Oyley , the Rector of Sundridge , saw do occuion for inquiry , and would fain have pm-Tented any meeting from being held . We bluab to think that any clergyman of the Church of England could have taken such a view of such a case . For ourselves , we are comparatively indifferent as to what may or may not occur again at Sevenoaks , or In any other given Union ; we even wave the point ( though as clear as daylight ) , that if the poor
were not unjustly debarred from relief , no attainable amount of workhouse accommodation could prevent the constant recurrence of these evils under the operation of the prohibitory order , especially in those vast onlans which the Commissioners are ao food ot forming . It is enough for as and for the publio , to know that neh ( things have been ; that the workhouse teat has been deliberately persevered in under such circumstances , and in spite of such results . We charge upon the Poor law Commissioners and their
ayatem . the entire and tunniugated responsibility for this mass of abomination . Here is a case proved , in whioh they and their agents have treated Luge numbers of the English poor worse than swine or cattle , ratbac than suffer them to receive relief at their homes . Will Sir Robert Peel continue to plaee confidence in th « men who have done this thing ? Shall a piinciple , which those who understand it best cany out to such extre mities of oppression , be persevered in , merely because a Whig Secretary of State thinks his consistency committed to it ?
The Editor of the Times thinks comment on these atrocious facts " altogether needless . ' We dissent from this opinion . We think they furnish much room for comment , and that they are themselves a most emphatic comment on the villanous system of society under which alone they could exist . It is all well for papers like the Times to deplore these blotches on the surface of the body politic ; but we warn the people , as we have done a thousand times , that till the blood i ' b cleansed , the leprosy will never heal . A Tory Government may , at the bidding of its friends , ameliorate , in some degree , this fretting
ulcer , or it may net : we doubt its power or its will to do so . But if it do , the foul virus which produced it , still operating on the system , will destroy its health , its energy , its life . Tho only cleansing medicine is that principle of legislation which regards the rights of all—a principle by which no faction can be actuated—which no faction ever contemplates , and on which no general system ever will be founded till the people " take their own affairs into their own hands , " make their own laws , and so conserve their own interests , and protect their own rights .
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r > n v <¦ ^> a )^ y ^^— , «^> MORE ARTIFICES OF THE u PLAGUE . " The Plague men are most indefatigable in their vocation . Finding their plan of publio meetings and pet lecturers to be quite untenable against the talent and good sense of the experienced working men , they now hope to accomplish their purposes of mischief by " palavering" the young and inexperienced . The present "dodge" is ' Young Men ' s Anti-Monopoly Associations , " which are being assiduously established in all large towns . A copy of the rules of one of these societies , and of the ' address of their " General Couneil and Executive Committee , " now lie before oh .
Seo the homage which , under all circumstances , vice pays to virtue ! The very terms in which to disguise their fraudful project are borrowed from the Chartist organisation . Their address , too , is of the most wily and insinuating character . The object is , no donbt , to seduce young men into an attendance upon their packed and exclusive meetings , where their inexperience may be practiced on by the studied sophistries of the ** plagno" advocates . All vice , however , ^ contains wi thin itself the seeds of dissolution ; and so does this form of the " plague . " It addresses itself especially to the poor in the following terms : —
" By the term monopolies , we mean those laws which deny to us the liberty of frequenting the cheapest market for the supply of our wants , and of exercising our industry in the most profitable manner . The reform we straggle for ia purely economical—we trench neither on political <> r religious controversy—but we offer the hand Of fellowship to all , regardless of sect and party , who will assist its in procuring the immediate abolition of all restrictions upon industry . "
Here , then , is a fair invitation to the Chartists to attend the meetings of the Young Men ' s Anti-Monopoly Society ; and we advise them by all means to do so . " The abolition of all monopolies" is the very thing we want . And as the greatest evil Bhould be first removed , the monopoly of legislation , whence all other monopolies spring , will , of course , receive the first attention of the " Young Men ' s Anti-Monopoly Societies . "
The first rule of the Society states its object to be : — " To assist in obtaining the entire abolition of all Monopolies , by every legal and constitutional means , such as the promotion of similar societies in other towns , the delivery of Lectures , the holding of Discus sions , and the distribution of Tract * "
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Now , this is the tery bait ; the trap in which they hope to catch the unwary . Let it be i » ade the teet by wtkh to !*;¦* ¦¦• I «» « h « "wtin ^ ff th « Association be ia every instance well attended by Ckartiata , anilet the diawwaionJb « oaUwb «^ weans of obtaiateg th e ABdtrtJ ©!^ o » J 4 * mohopoujb . ^ must to »* ofer Chartist Weed who cannot prore thM the inonopo 4 y of law-making includes all other Hoaopoliea , and that to aboliah . it most therefore proyide % broom with which to iweep awftf ail if . 1 •• ' ';_ .: .: ¦• - ¦ . ' ¦<; - ¦ ' ¦¦;;; O ¦ " •¦ ¦ ¦ --: ¦' - ¦ - ¦ ¦ - <^* ™» ; -. r- - ¦ ¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ - / , ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ " - ¦ » The seeond rul « of the » Young Men ' s Antt Monopoly ^ ^ ottetj * pfcMW U 8 >«* k » thia tb * first . ftisthaiiC , " , :. . i ; ;; . ; . ,: ; ' ; ::. - ,- ; . ' ¦¦ " ¦ ¦ " So party poitttirt dteMt « Miam < M mtaeevrt be s ^ ow ^ ttiy meeting of tto Aawdatton , n « ahaU SiSS ^ b ?^« SieS . * > r aut . jeel . ei . terteiMd which ^ te ^ VariaW ^ r ifll tKe' defttiMd obj « t of the Association . " ' - ; \ ' : v ' ' ' ] { * . \ l : l ' - ]; '_"
This is right . Por / y poliU ^ a have distracted and destroyed the ootuatry . ' It Isjww time to RhiB-them a , holiday and attend to . pfinisipr ^; s ftAh sig respect the whole people , and shall ' $ afo 1 & $ » * $ ! M atoKopouss . WelUw thteaopfcuagofthejdiseassions of At f AntiJMottopbrir ^ eti ^ lo ^ Afrjaeelared
objectof the atwoeiation . * ' And w > mnst . bpir th a ^ all oar Chartist friends who attend tikeHr , weeting& will take care not to allow ft to te for ' gotten' that the ' ^ deblare ^ bbj ^ of the » 8 TO < jiatio n' '" says not one ' ^¦ ' . «^ V . t 1 » - ; -C ^' " -i *^ tt . - PW *» * questions * re exprtealy forbidden bj its roles , and that " the ^ ecTared bbjeot of the sttdciition ' is
-JHE JENilKE-ABOLITION OF Ml , MONO POLIES . ' _ .: ¦ : vV : ¦ " . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - - .
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« WAYS ANI > MEANS . " i Ev « bt week fnmishes new and n ^ re convincing evidence of the rapid spread of Chartist Principles throughout the whole land . The people are beginning to be everywhere awake to their true interests , and jfce' ^ Misaonariea , proves at onee , ihe awakening energies of the people , the invaluable character of the services rendered to the cause by thosd'bsefal fuhctionariea , and the ^ ffioiency of our nati ^ ual organisation whieh wisely eoneentrates the national energies In the Executive as a head ; ''
The chief difficulty seems , to be how the Executive are to meet the TarioagHJemands upon them for Missionary labour 1 The employment of Lecturers and Missionaries necessarily requires Urge funds ; while the condition of the people is aneh , as to preclude any reasonable hope of extraordinary peouniary advanoes being made by them . Direct contributions , however small , take to much from Ihe scanty means which ire in many instatice ^ already too little to support life . We have always been desirous to avoid direct contribution ; where practicable ; and it is always in the power of ttifr people to render it unnecessary . They ; need
but that to which we have so often pointed as indispensible to their success in . anything ^ onity ef purpose and operation—to make their own hands the means of ministering to their own , wants in this particular , without at all infringing on the means of physical support which tyranny has left them . We have now before us several plans for acoompliBhing this desirable object—ef providing the Executive with funds suflioient for the effective carrying on of the work without burdening the people . One correspondent proposes that joint stock stores be opened in every town , and that the ^ Executive shall be the irostoes of these stores , and ihe profits applied under their direction to the spread of Chartism ; instead of going , as they now do , to the upholding of the factions . This system , if universally acted on , would
be effective , not merely for the support of the Executive , but eventually for the utter prostration of the money monster which the teats of industry have nourished till it has sucked ( the very life ' s blood from its dam . But there are difficulties ia the way of Hs general adoption which we fear are not likely to be ' immediately surmounted . The simplest and most feasible of all the schemes that we bare seen for supporting the Executive efficiently ind easily , iM that of Mt . Roqkr Pindbb , propounded in a letter recently published by him in the Star , in which he offers to provide the people with an article of necessary and universal consumption , at a trice as low , and of a quality as good , as any they can bare elsewhere , and to give to the Executive one-twelfth part of his receipts .
We have a second letter from this honest and good Chartist , whioh has been lying by us several weeks for insertion , »? vl to whioh we have great pleasure in now calling tio attention of the Chartist public generally . . " Mr . Editor , —I must beg permission again to call the attention of my Chartist friends to the letter you published for r-e last week but one . I have since then made minuto enquiries as to foe price of the materials in large quantities ; and I find them much cheaper than I expected . I feel now certain that I can supply as good blacking as can be manufactured , at a price as low as any in tae market , and give the Executive one penny out of every shilling of the price , or one clear twelfth of my receipts .
" I can do thia because I do it for the purpose of rendering thereby a help to the good cause ; and not for the mere purpose of making a living . Thank God ! I can nv . ke a living by my own labour . But my labour , though better paid than that of many thousands , will not enable me to give mush money out of its proceeds for any purpose but that of the bare necessaries of life for my family . . " If this , then , be my condition , what must needs be that of those who have larger families and less wages than even I have ? It is clear that they must be still less able to contribute ; and hence the necessity of some mode being had recourse to of supporting our Executive in their
noble work of national regeneration without tncrtasing the direct burdens of the people ; and this , I apprehend , my plan will do , if I be properly supported . There Is no decent family that does not use more or lesB of blacking . And if we take the average at one halfpenny for a week , and suppose agents to be generally supplied through England and Scotland , this very email demand from 60 , 000 families would leave a handsome sum for the Executive . Thirty thousand pence returned to me by the agents , would entitle the Executive to a clear revenue of £ 10 8 s . 4 d . weekly ; a sum nearly sufficient for the remuneration of seven Chartist lecturers at thirty shillings each : while 1 engage to allow all the vendors a profit equal to the average of the trade , and to pay the carriage in all cases to any part of England or Scotland . This being considered , I see no reason why
it should not meet with a demand much greater than that which I have here supposed . By the exertions of good Chartists it might be introduced among general shopkeepers , ( as I will warrant it a good article and cheap , ) and thus even our enemies , the factious , might bflmndo In sumo degree . wooaeury to Ult ) supply ot uur munitions of moral warfare . Many good Chartists would no doubt be glad to take the trouble of selling it , and give the retail profit to the association in their respective localities , on the same principle aa I am willing to give the wholesale profit to the Executive . Altogether , Mr . Editor , I do think it a mode of help to which no objection can be fairly offered ; becatue to whatever amount I may thus be enabled to help the Executive , it is as muoh clear profit , for which no one suffers anything .
" AU then that ia wanted , is a number of Chartists in different localities , willing to give the matter a trial by becoming / agents , and sending me thair orders , accompanied by cash , sending at the same time a copy of each order to the general Secretary ; that he may keep a check upon me , and be able to know that the Executive do get their pennies . " Trusting , Sir , that the Chartist public will give the matter its due weight and consideration , "lam , " Yours in the good cause , " ROGEB PlNDEB . " 5 , WeatheriUa Place , «• Can Lane , HnlL "
We have no hesitation in saying that if Mr . Pindkb be prepared to verify all the pledges of his letters , this matter of consumption is ot itself able to support the Executive well and efficiently if properly taken up by the people . The writer is surely not extravagant in estimating the average consumption at a halfpenny weekly . Many parties most con-Bume considerably more ; and we see no reason as there is to be no cost of carriage to the agent , why a million of purchasers should not be found every week ; and if a million of halfpennies were paid in to Mr . PiNiMER every week , the Executive would be entitled out of that to agross income of £ 173123 . 2 d . Enough to Bupply lecturers , missionaries , and tracts for aU England , Scotland , and Wiles . How easy a thing is it for united numbers to accomplish great objects ?
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Thb National PbMHOH . —Our publisher . Afr . BtL ¦' - ' ^ , ' AW * > rJn /«^ Naikraal Petition for f on « wat ^ t . fi ? tte wrpose of bein&JE ¦ swely d ^ btiM ^ ongst those from vhmiifa r <^ y ? & fe& *^ $ ' # W %$ &t * Ti Associations and to individuals at w / dflotci , ebar&i—m eopUtfetM WMforlte % titionsheets * tfipoodstronppaperitttled infiL 1 edhamlt ^ and hoiding two hundred uanetMil Mi-, 7 jaitOi ^ tu 0 i also *>* hia ^ vprimus eacht \ erelmriet and . persons who need them AavsML t 9 ^ d anih ^ aa ^ e ^ dto Mr . H . rtnehSL o'pdsi-la ^ f vtder . 6 r start })* , to ' lhedmdxtntTZ
they May have tent Uftmr address an * nth » L '' ¦¦ ' Ui ^ niti ^^ V ^^^ ' ^ l ^ mi chZ estr » u ( ti :-Ih * Petition and sheets ttuyatnl hadfymiMr . Ck « ve , I ^ mdon : and Mr . B ^ vWKkJifaHbesler * Jfvt inall cases ihtrnaL musi betmtemadvance-r-tfa price levy so 2 aslo preclude credit . iB > WewduldfofflWesj ^ aTirtfice of ' tReLaAi and Yorkmt frMfctoihe above note . fZ what appears m ' amfher place * ( hey unlliet ( k ¦ ¦'' : ifrJ- 'i ) vlmil ^ 'inienA- ^ Hrinf ' -thM -a ' Ur m ^ next fortnight ; andit will be welt for eachtm to be welltjippUedwitb sheets forsi gnature * , jr , mwtteveHhe £ mM 1 , * ™
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ChaHTIST CHURCHHU--4 correspondent writes that the Christian Chartist Church at Green is thriving , well . Wt are giad to hear i / , ^ cannot % ' nsert hit letter : disquisitions on 4 nature \ choractert and duration of hell ' s torntn . t ire quit * beyond the province of / AeNortW Star . We thinktalso % that all matter * of . me speculative' opinion , however interesting tt % theological enquirer , should be entirely gvotiti Chartist churches . The great practical dulitti mankind , personal , soci at , civit , and polite should form the Alpha and Omega of Chat ty preaching : , diotit these there can be rioinwik tne / Mtrtwhiwhki wtuero
Vlrject < y y » ! v » c ^ fhemat alT ; iiiwofQld : first , to premdetenfa Wherein the Chartist may find those principb * government and society wUdh he believes it \ the principles o f truth and of the Bible ach * ledged by his priest ; and where , therefort , ) understanding shall not beihsulted ^ iurrMs dqn , dation mocked t inamanner which is but too a * . mon amongst boili ~ istablished" and "dissenfaf minister *; and , secondly , to form a profit exhibition , as far as our means go , {/ that snt of exclusive dealing . " which is not . less pd when applied io the . pews of the parso n Ifhan ofc , applied to the till of the shopkeeper . AUX ^ g tists who are Christiansagreethat theprineipla J
Charts are thw of Chrititamty—that they fa the practical exhibition and developement of $ 4 grand law of , love on which the Lord has dt ^ i the whole law and the prpphefs to hang , ¦ ¦ Ha ^ therefore * on the inculcation of those , prmajk they can all agree ; but the introducHm ^ speculative matters qf doctrine conserveotyfc split us up into sections of Methodist CfarfiA , Calpinist Chartists , and soon&d inSnitom . 0 * Greenock friend does not seem to bear suffiaaSf in mind the difference between a Chartist tnthtifer , and a minister who is a Chartist . We shouli k most happy to hear of all the ministers ofreScm
in the countrybffiojnmg Chartists , nor would aj minister ofvhartispi be a wit the less orlhaitt because as a Calvinist in religion he preadd " election" and " reprobation" or because tin anireretinstontioxiiaihe denounced as uwtri ^ tural the doctrine of eternal punishment * . Oi all such matters of speculation Chartists aq differ in opinion . On all such matters of met lation a Chartist may agree in opinion win raving Torpor a rampant Whig , from wrmk endures the most bitter indignities and ptnen tions ; but on , the practical doctrines ofT&rit tianitff , in their political and social phases ,
Chartuls can agree with nobody but thems 4 lves . 7 \ ef hold all other doctrines upon these maltertH those of Chartism to be xuiscripiural . andunchristian . Jind hence the necessity for Charts churches , in whieh they can worship God mllmi having their feelings outraged . Hence , to ^ ty necessity of keeping those churches sfcor 9 / aS matters of doctrinal discussion which may it iurb the " unity of the spirit and the bM 4 peace , ' * ly which at brethren they should hi holden together . It seems clear to us , thenfmfthat ( he only ** articles of faith" which a * mtk the slightest degree of propriety or consistent ! I * acknowledged as generally binding on tfttmembers of a Christian Chartist Church shouldleiii
divinity of the Lord and of the Holy Scri p lva , and the principles of Chartism as taught nthou Scriptures . Qn every other matter , everf ' mm bet- should beat perfect liberty to hold U > mm doctrines and opinions , wheihcrMethodist f & !• iriitist , Quaker , Ranter , Jumper , or Rotten Wt are aware that even these tests ef faith thut out all , however good Chartists they ma ? k , tend reject religion in toto . But these suffer Mvrmg thereby ; because the very fact of their fffceSaj Christianity frees them from the ctrcumsteikatl annoyance and injustice which make the Qurtik " chvrch" necessary , the Christian Ctertot feels it to be his duty to worship God—aditf which he neither can nor dare omit ; < fer ««
np church in which he can do soieithetafcit and without liability to insult , or injiuHu , or both : hence he requires and needs & dwrtitf church : the infidel Chartist does not afitt k worship at all—he therefore neither reguHitm feels the need of any church in which to vgwh the objection often urged against i wrtif churches of their sectarian character hot if weight whatever ; unless that weight is fffeaM by the leaving of the broad practical priaaWV Christianity , and the introduction of speeulalm matters of opinion . ? . _ Stabs to Ireland . —W . Jackson , P . Q . ' lw « , <* Tyrone , will be thankful for a ray or < t « ro / SUi light . : ¦ : :
. .. Newrt . —Wm . Cordeux , of York , begstostdtt M the money order for the Demonstration Oanmum was received , and would have been achttntjeAgP by letter at the time had the address deenknwfi . James Whittkl , Pebth , professes to bc ftnxiwfl unity amongst the people and their advocates , ^ sends us for insertion a letter written in tM vert worst spirit of discord and partisanshxp . 0 / course he did not expect that we should insert u . Stabs to Ireland . —The Irish Universal Smo ^ Association return thanks io the friends , » n England and Scotland who have , during < tae m Mf
week , sent them fifty-one Star 3 ; and 1 t _ - W . H . Tipping , of liingley , for suett / -o 1 u & » ft which he sent per post . Lots of Poets must excuse us—wehave norofflj , Dorkin& , Subkey . —A Chartist lecturer is wMM * this locality . . Mamsfisld . — We do not publish the ra * wutoft ' » j * to us this week : we see 210 good that couli ntw from its publication ; while it might give oft" * and perhaps justly so , to some . " - ^ BtrBTON upon-Tkewt— Gbnebal Cotwcii . — •"' fr requested Io insert Ihefollounng correction - - ^ " Sudlow , sub-Treasurer ; Mr . Wm . HaU , Gtt *
moor , tub-Secretary . ' . ,, Saddleworth Chautists . —If they will ftirnta » with an exact address they shall hear frontal private note upon the subject of their ^ lter ' ,, ti H . D . Griffiths . —His letter has been hanita » our London correspondent , whom tee ^ j ^ L be always ready to correct any accidental erm inhis reports . .. ¦ Bradford Chartists . —The General Counat-n dent in Bradford , request thai each locahty u >«™ the Chartists meet voUt send in 1 ^ ?*^ ®^ members , their occupation , and residence , »*• the number of their card , on Sunday nf * * latest : likewise all arrears due to the .-Wf ™ as the contribution must immediately fl » V » «•
Executive . a ,. A Friend to the Press wishes to impress V 1 ®*} r \ Chartists generally the necessity of support *? the Duudee Chronicle , which , he says , still exm but wants aid . - u Edward Clayiqn . —We think there has btenqw * enough upon the subject of his letter . , Gbacchus . — We thank him for the considerate tttUJI his letter , and wish all our correspondents ^^ much less room for complaint—would be < w *** sonable . , a& John Murfin sends us a statement of a cons tow and a policeman entering his house , " ^ Tt eleven and twelve o ' clock at night , on the Smv October , taking away a hayfork , his propwh dragging him from hisfarnhltt , andconfnins ^* ,
in the » lock ups" all the night , and ¦ h ™» % rating him in the morning without preferrw any charge against him before a magn ate , jt slates , also , that he has been tince ™ * fvoi to obtain ihe return of the hayf q Jt whvi fato * taken from his house . HewisMfor ow ^ , to as to the legality of these proa fo&JnLj , a what steps he ought to take tfM * £% , en he thinks they are . We can >^ M ^ f , st opinion , 6 ecausewe think ttprobal «« X af ** have been circumstances connecte oun * . ^ ^ which J . M . does not state toi ^^ ^ M state upon what pretence his hof ^ V fM If the circumstances oeSustasfh ^ Jf'Z tgt themthere is no doubt that h ^^ Sa ^
, . fully and illegally used , and P ^ . ^^ ZAgfi ground for an action for false ipnsonment w CHABiissTStracA !* . —We do not reciect ^ J ^ V his communication of the ISegAuff ^^ never preserve rejected corresdndence , « ' » have not the copy he refers to . \ .. I > nMdtnst Witt Ms . Cleave , of London , hbe ™* ££ L * if state whether he has receivelto * " £ ?„ $ & <> Rochdale : one enclosing ashuWi * " fyftnP stampst They were posted E ?* J 0 T CeiHE Chabtists . —We have rta ^ f ^ jfrvil ^ letter ( hey refer to , and when tie n «" . probabhm ttyweUmthgStaT ^
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct729/page/4/
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