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WHOLE HOG CHARTISM . J BRONTERRE O'BRIEN respectfully announces to the Chartist public that he is now SOLE EDITOR and PART PROPRIEfOU of the Brituh Statesman ; which paper sflall , hencoforward , under his management , advocate grimme Chartism , and no mistake ! No FACTIOUS POLITICS . ' -but REAL DEMOCRACY I OfBoe 170 5 iFleet-street , London .
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W ^ RE I ^ A FEST 1 VAt and BALL will take place on WfiPNESiDAy , the 20 th of Jxo . y 1842 , at Highbury Barn Tavern , IeJiagton , in aid of the Trades ' Hafi Building Fund . The whole of the beautiiul Pleasure Grounds will be open to the Coaipany The tea . mil be on the table at half-past five o ' clock . A first-rate band will play several appropriate airs during the Tea . The Ball will commence ai nine o ' clock , undeir the direotion of Mr . Westell , 6 f the Italian Opera Hoose > v ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ;>/ ¦ ' ' ¦ * . . . .. ' - .: "' ;¦ '' " Single tickets ; admitting to Tea and Ball , la . 6 d . ; doubledittof 2 j . « d . j Ball tickets , Is . ; dottble ditto , la . 6 d . ; to be had of aay member of the Council ; of Mr . Balla , 13 , Baok-hiUj Hatton-gardan Mr ; Cameron , 12 , Porrinijton-street , Cold Bath Fields ; Mr . Wisetjall , 55 , Old Bailey ; Mr . Thome , 3 , Lower ftueenrstreet , Islington .
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; : NO TAXED COFFEE . THE great and increasing demand for Messrs Ceow & . TYBKELL ' sBREAriFAST POWDER , and the decided preffcTencefgiyea to it overall otters where it has been once tried , at once proves it to be ai article that has n 6 equal in the Market . It ia more healthful than Coffee ; and does not coat onethird tha price . From its sale hitherto a goofl round sum bmaccrued to the Executive Committeo of the National Charter ? Association , to be appVied to the furtherance or" the great principles of liberty . Chartists are , therefore , in some measure , bound to purchase it % for by this means they can "kill ' two birds with one stone V cripple the Factions' 'Exchequerj and p « t money into their pyvn : while they witl procure aa anicle at once nutritious said heahhftil :- ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦' , : / : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ . ¦ - "' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; - '
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BRITISH BENEVOLENCE . The affluent and professedly pious portion of our countrymen must certainly be possessed of the firtne of benevolence in a peerless degree , seeing thai their aei 3 of charity are so frequently alluded to . Scarcely a day passes but we are told of the If ^ erali ^ y and disinterested generosity of one or other of them . In the tarreted cathedral and the lowly conventfele it is trumpeted forth , and in the ponderous folio and the tiny pamphlet we find chronicled the charitable deeds of the wealthy . We do not find fault with the rich for dispensing a portion of their superfluities to the poor and
needy ; on the contrary , we maintain it to be their impeta . n-rei . ufj as trustees of the bounties Of Providence . Bui we do find fault ¦ when charity vwuiteth itsdf ; when it is put on as a garb to conceal delicqaency , or merely to procure notoriety . "We wish to see beneTolencs in its purity , emanating from an njmtiated source and flowing in it * proper direction . Bat alas ! we rarely find that to be the case ; the fountain of unalloyed beaevoknea is nearly dried up , while , in most instances , the unworthy , the indolent and wellproTided "for , are ihe objects most regarded by the pseudo philanthropists .
German titled beggars , legalised cut-throats , and the courtezan associates of royalty , have all drawn deeply on John Bull's benevolence ; but few of the Tirtuons and . worthy hare recevved aid from the dispensers of Ms bounty . To the undeserving voluptuaries mnch is givee , while the descrying poor are left to starve . In the religious world we find more comraissera tioa for ihe inhabitants of distant dimes , than for the myriads of destitute , starring , and dying , by whom the flaming professors [ are more immediately £ arronnded , and of whose condition the saints mast be cognisant . In eorroboration of this fact ,
we lay before our readers a couple of extracts from the pages of the Nottingham R £ view , which we shall place in jnita-position . The one refers to the benevolence of Britons towards the " untaught Indian , " or rather towards the souls of the " poor benighted blacks *' —the other has reference to British benevolence , evinced towards our own distressed and perishing countrymen , their care-worn and "woe-worn wiTts , and their hunger-bitten offspring . The one is to send words to the antipodesihe other to provide bread for OUT neighbours , our fellow-citizens , our brother Christians , who worship s . t the same altar with ourselves , and who are dying
for lack of the common necessaries of life . The paragraphs to which we aliuie are as follow : — "Ihe London Missionary "On Stmd&y , tie 26 th Sodsty held their R ^ nn ^ ultimo , a sermon was meeting in Manchester , last preached at Caiverton Trsek , and tha collection , Church , Uotts , by tbs indnding the breakfast Her . Samnel Oliver , in on . Wednesday morcing , aid of the distressed opejaocnied to £ 1952 . " ratives , -when £ 3 . Ss . 6 sL was collected . "
Now with what feelings other than those of shame sad disgust can the reader peruse the above ? Shame io taow that I " om * countrymen can pas 3 nnfeelingly groups of their famishing neighbours—turn a deaf ear to their tale of real woe , and leave them to perish in the very depths of misery—misery winch many of these saints have been instrumental in producing—while , in . a few moments after , they may be Been shedding tears of compassion o ' er the ignorant , but , perhaps , well-fed Pagans in some distant clime . For the " poor blacks'" their bowels yearn , their hearte bleed , and their purse openr to . send forth
ambassadors among the heathen to teach them , not th&-fast which the aristocracy , the millocracy , and the shopoeracy of England have chosen for the people , bnt to teach them ( if they teach the scriptures ) the fast which the Mo 3 t High hath chosen for all people , namely , — " To loose the bands of wickedness to undo the heavy burdens , and to let the oppressed go free , and to break every yoke ; to deal thy bread to the hungry , to bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ; when thon seest the naked , that thou cover him , and to let . the oppressed go free , and that ye break every
yoke . " These things must be taught to the heathen , of whatever rank , if the -whole counsel of God be declared ; and yet , the men who send forth these missionaries scruple not to wink at , nay , ' encourage the worst species of oppression at home . An instance came to our own knowledge , not long ago , of a Yorkshire millocrat giving a large snm of money for the spread of the Gospel , and within a few days reducing the wages of his workmen to repair the breach made in Ms pocket by this act of Christian benevolence . TMBjWetEOW , isnotasolitaryinstance ; ii has now become general among our modern
saints in high life to " rob the labourer of bis hire " that they may appear generous and liberal supporters of that religion to the precepts of which their actions run counter . It is really disgusting to contemplate the conduct of such hypocrites ; and if miniciers of the Gospel discharged their duty more faithfully , the men who take the uppermost seats in the sanctuary , and sport their gold rings and costly sppaxel , would receive deserved castigation from the pulpit , instead of which it is left to be performed by a small portion of the press , or inflicted from the Chartist platform .
We tell the persons who subscribed the £ 1 , 952 in Manchester that they are grossly mistaken if they suppose they are paving their way to heaven by Kch donations . Such sacrifices of the profits derired from other people ' s labour 13 an insult to Deit y , panicularly if made at a rime like the present , when the wealth-producers around them are dying of actual starvation . We tell the pious benefactors to be just ere they be generous , and let charity begin at home- They need ao : traverse tbfl globe in quest of needy objects ; they will be found at their own threshold , and many of them the victims of their own inordinate
. We tell them that the system under which we live is worse than that which obtains m any pagan land —that it generates more ignorance , Tice , and woe , than that of any otaer on the surface of the earth-Yes , -we tell them that there is more crime produced by the mal-idministraSon of affairs in this Christian country than one-half the barbarous" nations ever witnessed . -
If these men will not feed the hungry , or clothe the naked ; if they have no regard for the bodies of their fellow men , for God ' s sake let the £ 1 ; 952 be expended in the attempt to conveit our worse than heathen rulers from the error of their ways , and if these reprobates are out of the reach of the agents of tie society , then let them go amongst the workers in the milk and mines , and we will guarantee them work enough to remove the ignorance and vice produced by cur excellent institutions .
Talk not of the lost estate of the sons of Africa , wi 3 e at home , in this land of Bible 3 , we are told &f workers in the factories not having heard of JiSrs Chkist , and of workers in the mines saying that they think be was born ' m Wales and went to EBg&nd . la such places as those the £ l % 952 might be expended to advantage , and redound to the credit of th « doporsj but we opine it would not quadrate "" * & certain interests , and consequently these bene * " ° k »* gentry would much rather send their blessings awMsihe seas .
. * fe »»» tf would seriously ask the Society to oom-*««» "ttsir work on a new plan . If they really ( ^» to promote the well-being of the idolatrous WxtoB , let them labour a little at home in prerailtt upon enr Christian Government to withdraw their man-batchers from amongst the " savage " tr and _ ths u © bs& » t 3 * ' people of China ; for , depend np « B it , oar Bibles won't do much service to a people who feel our bullets ; sabres and sermons < mgfci cot' to > e Bent together ; canon law and ca = acn balls do not « omport well with each other j ** & so long as we export parsons and pistols to the ame country , the inhabitants will qnestion the sincerity of our motives , and wish the cargo and its owners at the bottom of the sea .
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The Chinese and the Aff ^ han 3 must certainly think us an odd scrt of people to send among them one set of men to proclaim " peace on earth and good will towards men , " and another set armed with murderous weapons to cut them up at the word of command , murder the flower of their country , and incarnadine their soil with blood . Their priests need -not fear the loss of their occupation so long as this is the case , for the whole people cannot but see the necessity of the missionaries returning to their own country to preach peace to the men of blood ^ nd plunder .
"We wonder if the cart oads of cannon balls which passed alongthe streets of Bradford the other day are to " be coBTejed to their destination in the same ship ¦ which conveys the agents of the Missionary Society . If so , it will be quite in keeping with our general method of doing publio business . The blacks will surely leave their wigwams and dance for joy , on the arrival of such a cargo . We do not condemn the efforts made to extend the principles of Christianity ; we are as desirous as any to see those principles propagated among alj
the nations of the earth ; but we abhor the conduct of a people muling and paling about the lost estate o ? the benighted heathen , while they view unmoved the sufferings of humanity , so prevalent at their own doors . We have yet to learn practical Christianity at home , and uh : U our conduct bears some approximation to our profession , it is worse than hypocrisy to set ourselves up as instructors of the ignorant . Had practical Christianity been a
subject of consideration at the meeting of the society in Manchester , the £ 1952 would have been appropriated to other purposes , bat little tyrants mast ape the great ones . The great ones robbed the poor , whom they grind to powdt-r , of £ 20 , 000 , 000 sterling to emancipzle ( ? J the blacks ; and , therefore , the little tyrants , as s matter of course , must imitate the example , by squeezing £ 1 , 952 out of the starring operatives under their control to b&vb the souls of
those whose bodies our red-coats are employed to destroy . What superlative humanity ! What transcendent liberality ! 3 Surely these men will never fear entering the place to which they are afraid ( 1 ) the poor blacks are hastening . We wonld advise the Society to look at home , and , before they take the besom to sweep the snow from off the top of the Indian ' s hat to see that it is cleared away from their own door .
It they are familiar with the wants of the blacks , whom they never saw , and ignorant of the exigencies of the whites , whom they see daily , they are certainly as qneer a lot as ever met ; but they cannot be ignorant of the condition of their own country ; they must know that practical Christianity is here coufioed within a very limited sphere . We have abundance of food , yet many perish of hunger ; the
swill-tub is ransacked to feed starving ^ children , and the pntrid carcases of dead animals are devoured with eagerness . We have clothing rotting in the shops and warehouses , while rags constitute the covering of the manufacturers of such clothing ; we have houses unoccupied in every street , wailo many are committed to prison , for being "found sleeping in the open air . "
Now as these missionary gents , frequently allude to the great day of assize , we wish them , if they believe their own doctrines , to reflect on the picture they wili present when arraigned at the bar . They may talk of giving £ 1 , 952 , in the day 3 of domestic distress , to diffuse gospel light in dark , benighted heathen lands , but will not the judge say " know
ye not that / was hnagry and ye fed me not , naked , and ye clothed me not ; a stranger and ye took me not in ? ' They may affect ignorance and inquire when they saw him in that state of destitution J but the problem will soon be solved : — " Inasmuch as ye did it not unto these little ones ( pointing to the victims of tyranny ) ye did it not unto me . Depart from me , I know ye not . "
Working men , forget not that one assembly of professed Christians have given
£ 1952 of your hard earnings to support missionaries among the heathen , while another assembly of Christians have opened their hearts and given
£ 3 l&s . 6 d . to alleviate the sufferings of their neighbours who are dying of actual starvation . How profusely the milk of human kindness flows in some places J Well , well ; bo it is ! Bat hear it ye hypocrites—ye wolves in sheep ' s clothing—we shall have a reformation , ere long , with a vengeance , and yonr deeds bnt serve to hasten the day . The patience of tfc © poor has been ohsn tried , bat it may yet bo exhausted , and we leave the cantiDg hypocrites to calculate the consequence of its being so .
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Cablislb Chaktists . —We have not room for the report ef their retiring council . A . B . C—We are quite unable to decide the disagreement between the "doctors . " Our own opinion is that both quacks are alike . Joseph Swift , Wath . —Fes , they [ might be indicted for an obstruction . Cos Murray . —Next week .
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Mobs Evidence of Sympathy for the Perishing Poor . —The Moors and Bilberries . — " We live in Btrange times ! that even wild fruit , known by the name of bilberry , or wimberry , is now denied the people . It has been customary from the remostest times for the poor or other persons , in the summer season , to stroll on the moors on the borders of Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Gaesfiire . and get wimbtrries ; but for some few years past they have been prevented , and this summer especially , under the plea that they disturb , the msor game . Now , ye would-be great men , proprietors , as ye call yourselves , what right have you to the commons more than any other child of Adam ? Did ye create them , or make the heath or the winv
berry to grow ? Did ye do anything but send idle fellows , called gamekeepers , to prowl up and down , and abuse and ill-treat such unfortunate persons as they caught committing tha shocking crime of getting a few wild fruit , perhaps to maintain a starving , perishing family , and that too on unreclaimed wild desolate ports ? " O , but . ' say yon , " are not the moors ours ? were they not allotted to us by Acts of Parliament ? and do not such lots and such plsces belong to Squire Such-a-one and Lord Such-a-onef and have net they a right to prevent the poor blackguards from getting bilberries and disturbing the game ? " ActB of Parliament , indeed 1 wha ^ tighu can Acts of Parliament give that are at variance Tith the
lawB of God and Natnre ? Are not the uncnltivated parts of the earth the common property of man ? What special right has any iudividualman in common-land , only that he has expended capital * r labour on it , and , above all , that be has given the people an equixalent for it ? Now , have yoa tither purchased , or reclaimed , or expended capital or labour on the commons and the wastes of Qoa ' s earth . * Not you , indeed ; but because you happen for the moment to be in possession of real or fictitious means , you set yourselves up for somebody ; and for a momentary vanity , or to gratify an idlo vitiated taste , you resolved to preserve a few dry and worthless birds
at the expecce of the welfare of your fellow-mortals in distress . We hear a great deal said about common sense and common rights ; but are not the bilberries now growing , and which could be converted to the use of the poor , a eommsn right of which they ought not to be deprived ? Common sense says , yes ; but pride , vanity , and hardheartevlness must be gratified , at even the ezpeo ' ce of suffering humanity . Need we wonder that the poor and less fortunate should have their minds embittered by bad usage , that even a few wimberries on the wild commons B&ould be denied them ? No ! nun , usurping man , is fast ' sowing the storm , and he is likely enough to gather the ¦ whirlwind . '"
Con MurtBAY , residing at 139 , Salt-market-street , G . '* sgcnc , informs the brave Chartists of Dub fin , that , through the kindness of his Scottish friends , he has collected 1 , 600 Chartist Circulars , and 1 , 000 old Stars and Patriots , besides a number of ether democratic periodicals , which are at their service . He wishes them to communicate with him as to the best p&srible means of getting them transmitted , as they are very bulky , forming a sufficient load for the stoutest man . Mb . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , trill finish his engagement at Nottingham , next Sunday , the Ylth of July , and ¦ 'cill be willing to engage with any locality icho wish for his services . The Committee of Management recommend warmly this
energeiic and able veteran as a sound , sterling democrat . He has been in the field for nearly thirty years , and came to us warmly recommended by Mr . O'Connor himself . Samuel Sonhatn , secretary . All communications must be addressed to Mr . Mead , at Mrs- Smith ' s , news-agent , Wurser-gate , Nottingham , . Lonpon Chartist Band . — We are requested to state , that all musicians wishing to join the London Chartist band may do so by appl ying at Mr . Martin ' s Teetotal Coffee-house , 3 , Church-street , Shoreditch , on Surutay next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . A Member of the National Charter Association , dfsirovs of assisting the cause by promulgating
Us principles , begs to state that he is at the service of any district or locality to whom such services may be useful . Application to be made to Mr . W . Cordeux , 26 , Micklegate , York . T . H ., Ashton-undkr-Lyne . —There was no' ** special reason" for rejecting his verses . We receive hundreds of poetical communications which we cannot insert—his among the rest . We long ago announced our purpose not thereajter to acknowledge rejected poetry , as our -poetica ! correspondents are so numerous that we find it impossible to do so without ocnipyino a great deal loo much both of time and space . This was the only reason why his verses was not noticed when received He is quite wrong in supposmq that any one has
xrijiuenced us aginsi him : ho attempt of the kind has been made . Kiddebminstkb Chartists . —We have no information about the merging of a reputed Chartist Society at Bath in the Complete Suffrage Union . F . G . —His lives to Chartist lecturers shall appear . X . Y . Z ., Mekor . —Make the order payable to Mr . John A rdii'l , and accompany it by a letter , stating the purpose of its application . Lla ? hdloe 8 . —The Char list friends here ar " . anxious for a visit from Mr . O Connor when he cornea to Wales . An Ayrshire Observer —// " he be a constant reader must have seen that we have done our best
to warn the Chartists ' of the district referred to . and indeed of every district , of the designs oj Government . We know that spies are abroad ; and their CUB is to gel up meetings and make violent speeches , in the Jirst instance , as a preliminary to the involving of some few fools in illegal practices , so as to afford a colourable pretext for a general attack upon our body . We must trust in ihe good sense of the people . Ij they suffer themselves to be snared , it is not for want of warning . J . B . Smith , Leajii > gton . —Thanks for his letter : it has been sent to Mr . O Connor . We shall be most happy to receive and pay every attention
to the communications of his Salisbury friend . Boston . — Wttl the Boston sub-Secretary telt us , whether , when he put his letter into the Boston post-fffice , the words Frost , WilLams , and Jones on the outside of it had been defaced ? A Co > stant Keadeb and a True Chaktist . —Mr . White ' s add ) ess is 20 , Bromtyrove-itreet . Will Dr . M ^ Dovall send h > s address to John Leach , Temperance News-room , Reed-hill , Rochdale ? John Shackleton , Bradford — We advise him to keep his temper : ' tis not our practice to give up the names of our correspondents to every Jool who mat / c )* ooie to bet wagers about them . J . Allen . Brighton . — Of course , the parties he a'ludes to wowd receive their ]* la ! cs through the new agent , upon our liaving satisfactory
evidence thai they have been regular subncri '> ers . KoRWiCH — The public can be suvpicd with the Charist Circular , Northern Slur , O'Connor ' s Lectures , and all pamphlets , periodicals , and aho with Pinder's blacking , at the residence of G . Bell , St . Edmunds . Caboline Makia Williams . —Next week . Joseph A . Lajvder , Birmingham , is very , very angry wi-h us for publishing " gross fa hehoods " in our last number . He says there were twentyfour shopkeepers at hxs meeting , and he rates us soundly , and calls us "Tory , " for saying there were twenty . Poor Mr . Lander ! we are sorry he is angry . We advise his friends to soothe him .
Charles Duncan . — We cannot find room for the long printed paper he has sent us . H . I > . GpiFtiTHs . — lie do not tee that anygo * d can result to the cause from the publication of his animadvertionscn Mr . Fielderi . Okce more , akj > we uupe for the last Time . — We leg that our correspondents will write only on one side of their paper . Many of them , we apprehend , have no idea of the trouble and in convenience they cause us by not doing so . Several communications have been this week rejected solely on this account . It is but a smalt matter in which to oblige us ; and ifpeop ' e do riot choose t » attend lo it , we shall 7 iot choose to attend to their letters .
Basa-nitivS must excuse us : we are crammed out . ' W . PtPLOw , Stafford . — We have scut him the Petition per post . Tom Stkele and iue Complete Suffrage Union . —The following pithy communication has been made to the Birmingham Complete Suffrage Union by an excellent Chartist : — •» The conduct , of Sir . Steele , in attempting to connect the Chartists < f Lonciou with the circumstar . ces of the recent outrages , on the Queen ' s person is most disgraceful ; and I repret that the Complete Sufr : * ge Union , of Birmingham / should include amongst the members of its council an individual who could exhibit himself an actor in so cowardly , mischievous , and ungentlemanly a proceeding . He merits not the name of man . "
Mb . J . Wilcox , news agent . Worcester street , Wolverhamplou , has received 2 s . for Mason ' s Defence Fund ^ from Messrs . Crow and TyrreUt Leicester . : S . Tailor , Manchester . —If he had read the Star of last vsetk would have seen the uselessness of troubling himself to write his present letter ab'ut JohnFrost . Tavistock Chabtists . —We insert no nominations for Council without trades and residences . R . E . recommends to the General Council a ievp of one penny for each , member of the Association
three times a year for the support of our incarcerated brethren , their wives , and children ; and that each sub-Secretary send sixpence for every hundred members to the Treasurer of the Victim Fund . Stoke-bpon-Tbent .- — The communication on behalf of Samuel Rabinson would be charged to us as an advertisement . If the duly be sent to us we shall insert it willingly . - . Thomas Soar . — The address of the Birmingham Chartists te iheirlruh brethren is altogether too late for this week .
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More Middle-class and Manufacturing Ras-CALiiYi—A Blackburn Correspondent writes us ' ¦ thus : — .: . -: ¦¦ ^ - . . ' : ¦; ,.. . . . . - ^ . ;/ : ' ¦ -v . -. * ' Having seen in your paper of last week an exposure of ono " of the multifarious methods by 'which the working man 1 b robbed of the miserable pittance he obtains in the Bhape of wages ; and thinking that such exposures are calculated to do some good , I have been induced , to submit to your consideration the following account of a method by . which a millowner in the neighbourhood of thja town ' . con * triyea to rob hia workpeople of their bard-gotten ¦ wages . He proceeds ' - ' as follows ;—" Instead of paying his workpeople every week , and
thereby enabling them , to make the most of their moony , he pays them onca a fortnight , and occasionally only once in three Weeks . This irregnlarity compels the workpeople to have tecoureeW credit ; but , as there are but three shops in the vicinity of the works , and , m the irregularity before alluded to induces a great number of people to leave the m ill , the shopkeepers refuse to give credit to the worker * unless they nave a ticket from the millowner . The millowner gives out the tickets '; and for every 20 s . represented by the tickets the mlllr owner receives Is . 3 i . from the shopkeeper as a remuneration for his trouble : thus the workers are robbed of Is . 3 d . in tiie 20 s ., besides the exorbitaut
profit exacted by the shopkeeper , i " This proceeding pressed so heavily upon the workpeople , that many of them preferred to borrow a portion of their wagtB from the millowner ; but that ¦ worthy ? gentlemun * was determined that the ¦ workers should benefit nothing-by this change : he therefore made a tula that any person : who borrowed 208 . should pay 3 a . for the fortnight or three weeks" lend ; as ilia pay . Jiiy might happen to take place . This it will be Been , amounts to more than 300 per cent , por annum 1 A single case will Bhow how thiBmonej' -leuding system works :--" Some time ago , a man , who now works in the mill , had a child that died . He borrowed £ i , to defray
funeral expences , and agreed to pay it back by instalments . But when pay-day camts , the mil low tier stopped the £ 1 , together with the 3 s ., and lent him the £ 1 again . This £ 1 , was lent over and over again , till , before the man had it in his power to pay it back again , It cost him 27 & for interest in lather more than six months' time ! "Again , not long ago , the same mitlpwner had the mill necessaries' emptied , in which he found about five or six poundB of cotton waste , worth about Is . 3 * . For this he mulct fifteen men in 5 s . each , and sixty women in la . each , —thus making £ y 1 Ss .
of what was not worth more than Is . 3 d . ! I "In this way are tho working men robVed , day after day , by the bawlers for' free trade' and ' extension of commerce . ' Should we not by all means seek union with these kind , considerate friends ? 1 Bur ? Chartists are referred to Mr . Bairstow ' s letter , elsewhare inserted . , HEYWOOD CHaHTiSTS are refered to Mr . Bqirstow ' s Utter . We are requested to stale that the Balance-stieel of ihe funeral of the late Samuel Hoibtrry will be published next wtek .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuesdayt July 12-Sir B . Pbel moved for JeaTO to bring in a Bill for the better security and protection of her Majesty's perr son . He stated the objects contemplated by the BUI * which is intended to dispense , when deemed necessary , with the formalities observed in the examination and trial af peraona charsea with high treason , and to inflict the punLabrnents of transportation and personal chastisement on ^' persona guilty of the wanton , and crael modes ^^ "aatmVRM ' - ' :. ^ ^^; . ?*^ " ^' ' ^ ^ iord Johk Russell seeondeil the motion ; Midi fter somei oDswrotions from Mr . Hama and Mr . O'Connell , leave was " given to bnng in the Bill ; _ an ^ it was forthwith brought in , and went through the two stages of being read a firBt and second time , and was ordered to be committed next day . . ;¦
On the order of the day for going into committeeon the Poor Law Bill , after a question from Mr . Mddell , Mr . T . Duncombe aeked if Government really meant to go on with the Bill , seeing tfco near appvoaclx of the termination of the session . _ . ^ * Sir James Graham , attaching great fmportanco to the Bill , felt bound to go on , and ascertain the sense of the House witb respect to it . <
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Captain Bebnal declared his determination to resist its progress . ; ; - . .. - . . . - ¦ - ' ¦ '¦ ¦ - ;¦• ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; A conversation arose on the expediency of going on trith the Bm , and Sir Robert Peel , confessing that the Government were placed in a difficult position , thought the House should first decide whether the Commission should continue for five years or not . . .: . ., After sonio further discussion , Sir James Gbaham reiterated the recommendation of Sir Robert Peel ; but several members , especially Mr . O'Connell , entreated the Government to pass a temporary bill , and bring the subject on at au e « ly period of next session . At Ust ; Sir James Graham expressed , on the part of the Government , a disposition to concede the point of pressing tiie entire Bill , but asked for a decision an to the Continuance of the commission for five years , a point Which ha considered esaentiaL
For this purpose the House went into committed , and : ' . V : ¦• " ¦' - ' :.. " :- ' ¦ . - ' . .. ' ; - ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ... - . ¦ ¦ ' ¦'' .. Mr . Sharman Crawford pleaded for shorj » nlbg tha duration of the commission to one year , moving an amendment to that effect . Mr . Ferrand seconded the amendment , vindicitingi in his speech , the management of the Keigblsy Uaian . The amendment was supported by Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Hardy , Sir Charles Napier ( who , however strongly censured Mr . Eerrand ) , and Mr . Liddell ; and than Mr . Hawes spoke in favour generally of the Poor La . \ v Amendment Act , as a great social benefit , antt expressed his regret that the Government Were not going to press the entire bill before the house during the present session . After some-observations from Mr . Charles WOOD in support of the permanency of tJbe commission , anufruiu Lord SiNDOiV . Who argued in . favour of a freqa « ns revision by Parliament of the commiasiou 8 rs powers ,
Sir James G a ah am said that there could not bo a greater mistake than to assume that the comnnsaloners were irresponsible . Their powers were subjected to a rigid supervision , more so than any oiatr authority in the country . He argued at - considerable length against many of the objections urged agauM the WH « ' , <¦ ¦ ' ' • • ¦¦ -W - ' : ¦ - . . ¦ . - . : ¦¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦' A desultory debate continued for some time longer , when a division took place , and there appeared For the amendment ... ... 92 Against it ... ... .,. ~» 104 Repeated divisions , and considerable debate , arose on motions to compel the adjournment of the proceedings , which ultimately ended in the clause being voted by 146 to 26 . ¦ ; Some other business was then disposed of , and the House adjourned . .
Wednesday , July 13 * The Bill for her Majesty's protection went throuab Committee , and in the course of the evening was read a third time and passed . The House was employed for the greater part of the evening in voting supplies , and a considerable portion of that pleasant business was performed . Mr . Hume was at his post , and endeavoured , but without success , to resist a few votes . The House adjourned at a quarter to two .
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THE COLLIEKS OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS OF THE STAFFORD 3 HIRE POTTERIES IN PARTICULAR , AND TO THE OPERATIVE CLASS , AND ALL MEN IN GENERAL . Men and Brothers , —For more than six weeks have we , the colliers of Longton , in the employ of Mr . Sparrow , been resisting a reduction of oiir wages . Sesioua ind « od , to us , is the attempted reduction , being no leas than one shilling per day , either direct or indirect ; direct in the reduction of sixpence per day , and indirect in tha increase of work to be peiforraoil ; the increased anipunt of work being one yard per day , per man . Thus this reduction cuts two ways , less wages and more work .
It is a fact of public notoriety , that our work in dangerous , dirty , and laborious , in the . extreme . From the first moment of our getting into the chains , to descend to the bottom of the pit , until we are again landed at the top of the earth , our lives are not one moment in safety . Fire damp , black danip , a fall of coals , or a slip of the roof ; may in an instant consign us to death , or cripple us for the remainder of life . Often , as the record books of the Infirmaries can testify , have numbers of our brother men been earried there to be cured of burns , or broken limbs ; and many havu sunk into the grave , from the injuries they have received . These things surely should entitle us to something more than a mere subsistence , and yet the hard hand of avavice would give ns all the tianger , all tho labour , and all the diit , that it may obtain more gold to glut the insatiable maw of avaricious
men . After we , the men of Longton , had straggled for six weeks , the miners in the employ of Birl GriraviUe are treated to a dish of the same kind , and are compelled either to submit to the same reduction , or , by standing out against such reduction , prevent the future degradation of themselves . and their families . Shopkeepers , we appeal to you . If our wages ai ; e reduced , we shall have less to lay out with you ; and , of covose , your profits must be less . To your sad cxparience , yea can testify that for years back' Wa' have not been overdone with money , even when our wa # ea were 4 s . pe * day ; for you do know that we hate not , on the average , worked more than four days per weak , and of ten not that . If , then , our wages be reduced to the tune of one shilling per day , how are we to live , or to pay for what we get ? Tour interest , therefore , lies in upholding the value of labour . Come , then , w say , assist us to win our tights , for in so doing we win your profits .
Operatives , we appeal to you for your assistance ; for depend on it , the reduction in our wagta is bat the pratudo to a reduction in yours . Let ns beg of you , then , to help us to conquer ; and in our victory see your own reward . Coal-owners , we appeal to you . Will you , by a most injudicious reduction of our wages to increase your Splendour , or to enable you to lay up more gold to hoard in usleas heaps—will you , then , engender those heartburnings , those strifes , that will most assuredly follow ? Is it wise in you so to do ? Is there nrne of the milk of human kindness flowing through your bosems , that you seek to deprive us ( your Wotkmen ) of the few remaining cpmforta we have left ? Let us hope better things of you ; and , by a wise , a ju ^ t , aud fiiscriminating policy , reconcile your workmen to you , anci gW « the men a just le-ward for their labour .
Miners , a word with you . In our fate behold ypar own . If we are coEquered , how long will your Wttgea be what they now are ? and how long will you be ab ! o to resist the iron hand that seeks to lay us prostrate ? Join with us ; . and by one determined yet peaceful struggle , complete our and your victory .
By order of the Committee of the Operative Colliers , In whose beb » lf I am . Sir , Ever yours , John Richards , Corresponding Secretary of tfce Natipaal Chart Association .
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On . ^ Sunday last , at the Superintendent Regisfrar ' s Office , Westgate , Otley , Mr . ChrJstoper Bainep , to Miss Jane Hindle , both of Qtl ^ y . On Saturday last , at Chapel Allert-jn , by the Rer . J . Urquhart , Mr . Edward Read , chief constable of tha borough of Leeds , to Mrs . Mary Flocktoii , of the same place . ... - ,. ' ¦ ¦ . • , :
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. ¦ - . ¦ . . ; '[' veatbs . ' : : r---J : . y - On Sunday last , a ^ ed 71 years , Mr . Samuel Smallpage , of this town , olothdresser . ; ¦ On Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at the residence of her father , Mr . Thomas Browne Cottage Uppingliam , Rutland , after a long and severe illness ^ Mrs . Olive Cooperj aged 29 years , wife of Mr . Wm Ckwper , of WeHon . ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -:- :- .. : .. ; v . - . - ;¦ ,. " . ¦; . / . - ¦ .. ¦ . ¦ , /; , ¦ , ¦ ¦ : ¦ , - " : On Monday moraTBg last , inftho ^^ 20 | h yeatof his agey William Dunalay , eldest son of Sir John Siap ^ aon ^ of York , Knight . ¦ , . cv ; Same day , greatly respeoted by a numerous circle of friends , in the Spili year of his age , Mr . Richard Bowefii COnfeotidliGr and iruiterer . JBoar-¦
lane . JjeedS . ;^ ' -,. ^ / , !¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦; . .:: ¦ .,: ¦ . ;> ; . y . ^ :. ^ : .-.- . ; . . ; : ¦ ¦ On Sunday last , at Tadcaster , deeply-regreitdd ^ aged 41 ,:, Mary , danghter of . ; the late Mr . ^ John : ¦ Arcbbeil , builder aud stone merchant , ojy that place > - .:. ¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ' ' . ¦ . - ' : ¦ ' ' : ' :- ' ¦ ¦' .. - . '¦ ¦ ' : i--: ; - . ^«^— - ^ - . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ . On Saturday last , in Merchants' TtQ&J / Sii&sjSfx r v brpugh , in the 76 th year of bisagej M « lS ^^ 1 ^^/ Sv Middleton , grocer , -tea-dealer , &c . ^ r ^^ V ^^^ VV On Suncfay week , at Altofts Lodge , ^ sE ^ W ^ K ' ^ 3 ^ V ] Beldyinthe 80 th year of W 8 age , W \ $ 3 x £ m&j ! . . ^ 3 . ' W < ; Esq ., formerly Lieut . Colonel iu tho » « r ^ in ^^^ - ^/ iAC Own Regiment of Dragobiis , and bto&pr dimeMi /^ ¦ W «> S Benjamm Wade , Esq ., formeily o&KfiS ! & 4 oiet / S ^ Al - V near Leeds . ' -V ^ . - - ^ c' ^! , ^/ l ~ * B ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' - : yiy ^^^^ - ^ : ¦ . ^^ X ^ r ^ r :
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James , MERTHtR- —The agents find their own tickets . Joseph George . —If they have subscribed four months from the notice . John Jefferies — -Write to Mr , John Campbell , Corporation-street , Sulfwrd . Joseph Clarke , WiTiVEY . —The order was 7 s . 8 d ., not 83 . 8 d , Wm . Balls should have enclosed post stamps for his advertisement . D . O'BriBN- —Mr . Watson haa been desired to deliver the parcel : it leftthis office . ' on the 11 th of June . The 4 s , from Brambam , noticed in our last , for the National Tribute , should have been 5 s .
FOR ; JAMES DUFFY . £ a . d . From the Chartists of Nottingham 0 8 0 « , ditto Ashton-under-Lyne ' ... ... ... 0 3 0 ^ the Cartists at the Robin Hood Nottingham ... ... 0 2 0 „ Tower Hamlets boot and shoemakers ... ... ... 0 1 0 ^ Old Basford Chartists , per JE . Mead ... ... ... 0 10 .. the Ciiattists of Absrgavenny , per T . G . ... ... ... 0 2 6
FOR MR . HINDES , OF SHOREHAM . From the Chartists of Nottingham 0 8 0 „ ditto of Hammersmith locality 0 2 6 „ a few Chartists in Bear-lane , Bristol , per Mr . " Miles ... 0 4 0 ^ a few ChaTtiste at the Kobin Hood , Nottingham ... 0 2 0 „ -. the Chariibta of Plymouth ... 0 2 6 ^ the Chartists of Abergavenny , perT . Q . ... ... ... 0 2 6 „ an O : d Tor , London ... 0 1 0 POR MR ., PEDDTE . J From W . M . J ., Bath ... ... 0 1 S „ W . Chapman , SomerB'Town , London ... ... ... 0 1 4
FOR MR . BROOK . FromW . M . J ., Bath 0 1 3 ^ W . J . Wlfcney ... ... ... 0 0 6 „ W . Mortimer , Mill Bridge ... 0 2 6 ^ the ChaiUat of Rochdale ... 0 2 6 ^ a Chartist at Rochdale ... 0 0 6 '_ . W . Cbapiiian , Sbmers' Town . London «•• v .. ... 0 14
FOR MRS . nOLUERRY . From a few worktug men nt Dirtforti 0 4 0 — the Chartists of HaajmorKmlth locality ... I ... ... 0 2 6 „ W . Y . VWitney ... ... 0 0 6 ^ the Chart ' . stB at the Rubin Hood , Nottingham ... 0 2 0 „ tbo Cl 3 arti 8 ts of Piymeuth ... 0 2 6 „ Mr . Stitson and fJur . others , per W . Smith , Plymoutu ,.. 0 2 6 „ , South Shields , being proceeds of Mr . WilHama ' s lecture 1 3 S „ W . Mortimer , Mill Bridge ... 0 2 6 „ - J . E , Kentish Town , London 0 2 6 „ Mr . Chapman , Soniers" Town , London ... ... ... 0 14 j Brimscombe , near Stroiid water ,
perG . L . ... ... ... 0 1 4 ^ Congleton , per J . B . 0 6 3 ^ the Chartist stutf-fcatters , London ... ... ... 0 5 0 FOR DEFENCE OF MR . MASON AND OTHERS AT srAl-fOKD . Fiom tae Chartists of New Basrord 0 4 0 „ J . Cnippenaale , Ont-isea ... 0 0 6 Z . the Chartists of-Brighton ... 0 10 0 Z Newark , per T . S . ... ... 0 SO ^ Bishopweartnouth , being proceoiisofcollecUon aftarMr . Wiliiams ' s lecture ... 0 1 . 0 . 0 . „ a few friends at Pveston ... 0 2 6 " the Chartists of Rochdalo ... 9 2 6
NATIONAL TRIBUTE XO THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartists of New Basford 0 10 0 ^ Mr . Ogdden , Ashton ... 0 1 0 „ Ventnor , Isle of-Wight , by five persons , per W . Nqrraan . p 3 0 „ Newark , per Thomas Siaiait 0 5 0 ~ Melksham Forest , Wilts , per E . S . ... ... !•• . - 0 5 . 0 « the Indies'SUoemakers , King Square , Falvey street , London ... ... — 0 10 O „ John Williams , London ... 0 3 6 _ J . Browett , do . ... 01 0
POR TUB LONDON DEilONSTRATlON FUND . From the Chartists of Plymouth ,... 0 2 S ^ Do . JJayonport ... 0 16 Z a Plymouth Friend .,. 010 FOR HUNT'S MONUMENT . From John Chippendale , Chelsea ... 0 0 6
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Lord Wharnclibfk presented a petitionfroni the cl&asea educated at Exeter Hall , praying for assistance to enable the system to fre carried out . He expressed en opinion that the grant of je 30 , P 0 O for education in a country like this was altogether insufficient ; and explained what the present Government were doing to { visthet the edwcaUoti of the peopVe , especially in the establishment and support of normal schools ; for which additional assistance from Parliament was requisite . The Marquess of Lansdowne and Lord BROUGHAM expressed satisfaction , and only regretted that Government was hot prepared to go still further .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct762/page/5/
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