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THE NORTHERN STAR^ SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1843.
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TiSlT TO THT * "CONCOBDIUM" AT HAM COJd-2 flO 2 J , SUBKEY . BY G . JOCOB HOLTOAKE . - Every attempt to demonstrate the pasibaUy . of increasing the sum ef human happiness is a tribute to mankind . ^ Whether such attempt , succeed or -whether it la-ila , it is Btai an offering at the ahrlsB of human improvement . The residents £ t the Ham- Coomon Concordinm leliere that men would be TipjJ ^ bt in frame , and more refined in thought ,-were thfar diet more-simple , and less animal . iThey believe Association to he « ondacive to personal happiness ; and Co-operation to "worldly prosperity . Belle-iing bo , 13 » ta » reformers they endeavour to act ent their belief of
_ A ; fcw SsyjagoJC lad tbe ^> leasnre visiting them , Xihkn 1 found little locensttre , and mneii io connnma . As 1 am £ sr from admiring the © pinion * vf the Conr eordists , I may be supposed impartial in what I ay in iavonrof their doings . What the ; mean by " divine sutures , " " spirits /* "harmonies / ' and so forth , Ism ¦ ntttzSj unable to . comprehend . But "their habitation , Jbeir manners , and their intentions , I can understand . The other speculations may be "very correct ; but I irfll confine myself to -what comes within the compass of my CEpadty .
The CoiLCordium is a mansion of moderate siza , in a beautiful situation . The yards are spacious and clear ; file gardeni extensive and improving . Same of the rooms is the house are gentesliy , 2 nd all are comfortably , furnished , r Shower and plunge baths are at the service of alL A printing office is attached' to the premises , -in "which a portion ^ of the members are-employed . Others are occupied injtailoring , agricultural , and wtti > 1 » t -n »> fpi departaients j and I must add , thai aD loot be&ttlrj and appear nappy . "Hlih ti » practice ol ihB GonBordista there is mixed up t"tt ^> self-deniaL I ase ** " > term in the "worldly sense . Beit remembered that all is sot denial -which
the -world is In the habit of calling by that same . I question not that the-stem Spartan -was a happier man ifom the Tolumptions Greek . The diet of the Caneordist is plain , and purely vegetable . The Epicure -would tarn a-wsy from their homely meal ; but let him rejnEmber that they -would sicken at his disease-engen dering dish . Their Siet-has perhaps a . homely appearance ; but the Ttftalrh that accompanies their repast is ' a far snore lovely sight than the fever and bile -which creep xound the gourmands' fiesb-filled-plate . They * ho provide food for their appetites instead of appe-Stes for their food , are strangers to the « st -with -which temperance and exercises sit down to the plainest Jare . In the -words of-his frr"i » M « 'J ' i Creech , Horace
" Why , Sir , the pleasure that ' s in eating knoTO Ixnol in tb * meat , imi In Qiyself alone . Make atercise ttiy sancs ; let that exwte : For a fleamy and a squeaiy appetite 2 f or trout , nor tendi , nor oysters can delight . " As in diet , so in dress , the Concordats consult the attainment of health . In person the young men appear asther the followers of Xycargos tban the votaries of pleasure . This is honourable to them . They chit fly -wear beards , and have much to encounter in the -way ef ziiicule for this peculiarity . But they appear to tT » rnV -Witt Bulwer that "it is a farce to talk of independence , -while every man is the slave of his neighbour'B opinion . ; " We have a strange propensity to ridicule tte slightest deviation from costumes -worn - « nfl Jiacknied , iho'wever harmless in itself that daviation may be . We often spend more satire on our neigh-Jxrart innocent eccentricities than on tie pernicious vices of Twif ff *>* n&Son .
in -what I observed at tie Concordium there "sreTe tbsbj Uunjga to be amended . But I allow that these « e not of great weight It is to be considered that the experiment is in an incipient state . It "wonld sot be fair to criticise , as \ hf" » g H time had been afforded to reach perfection . It is progressive . A friend -who accompanied — ° . testified that ie ji » ri "visited the same place some v » tare jnonths ago , and "was surprised at the Improvement that had taken place . ThBConeordialBhaveaparticnlar object in vietr : and in commenting on their plans , arrangements , and nodes of living , I have deemed it a duty to keep this object always in view . As in the -works of literature , so 3 n . « xperiments in science , the rule of Pope should be thermde of our judgment—*¦ In a ^ respeetsTegsrd the -writer ' s end " Sincwaone can compass more than they intend . "
The intention of the ConcardistB is excellent ; and iheir experiment a * most useful one . Hence I should be sore anxious tolielp tha ympnflmoptj than PT > te T upon tyrrt ffQT *^ ffyy ? 7 ?? iHpTt jtf- ^ r > w > t -mmy J > e defective-It is true my Tint -was short , and my observations therefore few . But I endeavoured to compensate by TifQence the "want of more extensive opportunity . I jP TunrHtl ^ Y -f > ygTTniTip > l -every department j and all I saw was clean and creditable . My ignorance of . what 1 might not nave seen does not affect the truth of -what I did see . And as others ha ye given their first impressions of this place it is equally fair feat I should give
TnTna-Mr . W . J- Fox has said that "to the world , failure is often -worth more than success . " This is a strange , but true , assertion .- It is an important -question , "whether "we Bra steeped in conventionalism and shackled with custom as to bennablB to throw oS our artificial habits , return to the simple ones of nature , and stall progress in intelligence . Much lias been said of the merits of Cooperation ; but little has been < ione socially to test Its benefits . It is ananterasting problem jet to be solved : and it is not too much to say that the progress of Tinmunity ^ totictl Tjpon i £ g solntJOn . Failure < yr success ¦» fll aUke ' settle the j » ini . Svecsss * sriVL determine tiie -way aaankind are to take ; and failarc -WS 1 prove that they must , start in a Tasm direction . The Goucordists are one party who ' are labouring to famish this information ; and -whether their experiment succeeds or not , * $ ^ ey Tnpyj ^ p * ti ** f « in uTi d -deserve encouragement .
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THEIiADIES * WGB £ TABLE BOOK ; « ont »? t > tt > p- clear and practical instructions in Plain and iFanej Needlework , EmbrolJerin ^ , Er itting , NeV&ig , Crotchet and Tatting , -with numerous En ^ ravi ngB illustrative of the various stitche 3 in those useful and fashionable empioyroeBte . Second Thousand . Irondoa : H , G . Claikeand Co , 66 , Old Bailey . An exceedingly neat "weJl got up volacas , "which should be in the hands of -every female : not less ianoj for tlie educated woman of superior clrcum-Etancesthan-usefal for the nEglscted child of poverty and labour . The author has a happy knack of putting every thing , * ven the most simple , into pleasing language and an instrnciive form . The following extracts from the introduction -will shew the reader something of both the plan and character of the -work : —
** If it be irne that * home scenes are rendered happy or miserable , in proportion to the good or « vfl influence exercised over them by woman—as aster , "wife , or mother * —it -will be admitted as a fees of ins utmost importance , that every thing is&onld" l > e -doue to improve the taste , cultivate the undersJandrDg , and elevate the character of those * high priestrases' of our domestic sanctuaries . The page of hfetory informs us , that the progress of any nation in morak , cjvDiz 3 iiQn , aiid refinement , is just in proportion to flie elevated or degraded position in "whicb . tnuoan is placed inaxaety ; aiyi ihe saoe iDStruct'TB Tolmne wBl enable us 10 perceive , that the fanciful « reations of tfijfcjieedle , have csErteda marked inflnence over thepraEnits and destinies of
jnrrn . ** Ho blend tie nsefnl witli the OTnamentel , and to exhibit the gushings forth of mind , vitalised by the -warm and glowing affections of the heart , is the peculiar honour and sacred desticy of "wossap . 'Without Tier influence , ^ fe vfould «> e arrayed in sables , and the prond lords of the creation would be infinitely more miserable and helpless than the beasts that perish . To Tender , then , those * ienpstrial a £ gels * all that par fondest -wishes could desire , or our most vivid imaginations picture , must be , under any eireoiastanoeS v a pleasing and deligbtfnl employment ? T » hil& , for a father or a brother to behold lun returning all lie care bestowed apon her by the thousand offices of love , to the performance ef which the alone is * qual , is doubtless one of the ma » exalted sources of human felicity . " Teen follows a dissertation on the nse 3 of the needle , concluding thus :
" The aeedle 13 also capable of becombigan important moHitorto the female heart ; and we « ould impress this truth serionsly upon their recollection , that as ihere is 'Sermons in stones , And good in ^ very thing , So the needle they so often use , is , or may be , a Ellens but salutery moral teacher . They all know that however good the « ye of a needle ma . v be , if it "wererosted and pointless , it wonld be of little use . Lei them also recollect , tnat though it may possess the finesi point and polish in the world , if destitute of tije « ye , it would be of no nss at ali . The lesson wo trisa them to derive from hence is this , that as it
is the ^ ye which holds the thread , and that it is by the thread aloaeihat the needle becomes useful , so 31 is ihe eye of iateOigenee , directed ^ o the a * tainment of useful ends , that gives all the real Talue to the point and polish , which is so rnnch admired in the edncatediemale j and that -withont the intdlecmal powers of file mind be ^ engaged in thepursaits of goodness , all otnerendowments wDl be nseless to their possessor . Let them leatnalEO , not to despise £ cch of Tiieir companions as , thongn intelligent and nse / ol . are neither possessed « f wit or elegance equal to their own . Circumstances may tare rendered them , like the needle , rusty and pointless ; but the eye of inteffigenca is here , and they may still be xtsefuL _
** Tis ^ WMt of a work cont ^ ning clear lnstrncti ons ¦ r ation * nnmeeEsary diffiaseEess , and by which the nraniliaied nay- hecoiae their own instructors , has lojjgbtensecabljfelt ; and this want , thelollovricg pages are Intended to snppiy . Our aim is , noi toaa ^ Tonrg ladies < = errile copyists , but to lead ihfcEj 'o i » i UjwzSon of habits of tbonght and refl ; sa » a . wbicii saj issufe in Wgber aUamiaeni * lean Vob immng of a ^ awl , 01 fee netting of a poxBe ,
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" We are anxions to Tender elegant amusements oonducivd to the attainment of moral ends j and to lay that foundation of intellectual saperiority and affectionate regard , for the comfort and happiness ef others , which can alone give light and animation , sweetness and blooming freshness , to the interesting scenes of future life . All engagements , which are -calculated to elevate , soften , and harmonise the human character , have this tendency | and it is in the assured conviction that the employments here treated of , are , when cultivated in dne subordination to higher duties , well adapted to secure these objects , and to promote these domestic ends , that the Ladies ' Work Table Book has been prepared , and is now presented to the lovely daughters of England . " ^^^^ i
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THE STRUGGLE . WhaTETes notions the Irish people and their leaders may have entertained as to the probable issue of the . Repeal agitation in the restoration of the Whigs to power , there can no longer remain any doabts as to the tactics and the intentions of the "Whigs themselves as a body . We needed not the new-born ' patriotism of the old members of the old Whig cabinet and their unprincipled followers ; we required not the sodden ardour with which the Irish
liberal members have been inspired , to convince as of the length that this greedy sack of mongrel politicians wonld go , to thrust their muzzleB once more into the meaa-troagh , or to teach , us the amount of confidence which the people could place in them . Ardour , zeal , and large professions are baits , however , with which the incautious are likely i » be caught . ; and therefore it has become our duty to float it upon the surface , so that every fish may see the hook and avoid the nibble . We did not require the exuberant professions of Russell , Macaulat , Paxxebstos , Roebuck , Chables Bullkr , and
others , to convince us of the lengths to which the " onts" would go to get •* in" again . W e needed not the high-flown patriotio sentiments of the Imb section who reviled ns , who coerced us , and who would- have crushed ns , until every drop of Chartist blood had been squeezed out of ns , to teach as the effect that altered circumstances will have upon vicious politicians . When we bear in mind the funeral procession that bore the bleeding corse of Ireland to the foot of the Throne , when the Irish people followed it as chief mourners , and the Whigs attired in their Windsor uniform , proceeded it as a
joyons festival , we require no further proof of the hostility of that party to the " concessions" ' required by the Irish people . When we bear in mind that the first act of Lord Plunkkt , Lord Gret ' s first Reform Lord Chancellor , was to dismiss every Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate who presided over or took part in the anti-Tithe agitation of 1832 , at a time when Stanley , the Secretary for ^ lreland , declared that the " total sxxincnox or rTrxHEs " was one object to be accomplished by the Reform BQl ; when we recollect that the Hon .: 1 ' iekce Betler , Sir Richard Nagle , Mr . James
Rkdmqxd Basbt , and several others , were deprived of the Commission of the Peace for taking part in that anti-Tithe agitation ; when we recollect that without any agitation whatever existing for a Repeal of the "Onion in Ireland , the Whigs gave us the most bloody Coercion Bill that ever disgraced the statute book , by which they suspended Trial by Jury , and substituted that oi Court Martial ; when we recollect that they gave us an Irish Arms Bill which differed bnt slightly from the atrocious , measure now before the House ; and when we bear in mind that all these cruelties were contended for as necessary to produce a calm in which justice should bo administered : when we recollect all these
ihisgs , and find after ten years , of boasted calm of Whig creation , that the Whigs have no betler stock of complaint than the existence of every grievance which was promised to be remedied , we say they had much better hold their peace . We find an announcement in the Times of of Tuesday last of a meeting thai took place at the bouse of Sir Benjamin Halx , Whig member for Marylebone , and a baronet of Whig creation . It will be found in our eighth page , and will be read with the interest it deserves ; and most especially the speech of Mr , Wtse the Whig member for Waterford , from which we cull the following sentence for Bpecial remark . Mr . Wtse sajB : "NOW WAS THE TIME FOR
ENGLISHMEN TO SPEAK OUT . BUT UNLESS IT WAS THE WEALTH , AND THE INTELLIGENCE , AS WELL AS THE NUMBERS , IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT . " It will be further seen that the only resolution of the meeting -was to present an address lo her Majesty praying her to dismiss her present ministers from power . This is the first stone directly thrown from the Whig camp ; and we shall most anxiously watch the Repeal agitation to see whether or no it has hit ! J If Mr . Wtse supposes that the numbers are to be led in the
[ train of wealth and what he is pleased to call the intelligence , of the country , he will find himself most j egregiously mistaken ! The wealth is in the industry i of the working classes , while intelligence belongs pre-eminently to their order . This is a " new move "; ; the newest of the " New Moves , " and one which the people will require all their watchfulness ! to guard ¦ against , &s emissaries are already abroad endeavonr-! icg to prepare the public mind for eqcq a result . I TheChariists , however , have now acquired ; a distinct ! position for themselves as a party ; and it Is only by making a proper use of that position , that they can i hope to exist as a body . Shonld they now be foolish enough to join in a kind of secondary Repeal Agitai
. —— - — —j _)^ — ^ - — — — — . — 1 tion , which wonld have no other object inrriew than 1 the restoration to power of England ' s and Ireland ' s \ bitterest foes , they shall do so after caution . They > shall not blame us for any evil results that may follow . { As far then as regards the declamation of the Irish Liberal Members and the hangers-on of Whiggery ; we tell the people not to be led away by their sophis-1 try , or to beguiled by their insolence ; but ^ wherever \ a resolution is proposed to present an address to } her Majesty merely calling upon her to dismiss her i present advisers and the Parliament , let them move I the following as an amendment : —
I To present an address to her MajeBty praying j that her Majesty will aisppre her present advisers > and call to her Council such only as will be pledged : to carry out the details of the People ' s Charter , and ; to Repeal the Legiriatire Union between Great i Britain and Ireland , in accordance with the wishes 1 of the people of that country ; and fnrtber praying : her Majesty to dissolve the present Parliament and I to issue her royal commands to the several Sheriff ^ 1 of Counties , and to the returning officers of Cities ' and Boronghs , to return members elected by the ' ¦ whole people according to the principles liid down : in ihe People ' s Charter and demanded by' 3 , 500 , 000 , of her English subjects ; and further praTino that ail political prisoners , whether at home or abroad '
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shall be restored to their families , their oonntry , and their friends ' , and that justice shall be done to all those who halve unjustly suffered legal persecution for demanding a redress of those grievances which are now generally admitted to exist . " If the recent -discussions in the House of Commons upon the isubject of Irish grievances has taught us the amount of justice which that country is likely to leceiye at the hands of the Tory Government , it has further taught us that as the cricket system is to be played , the Whigs are better " out " than "iD , " watching the wicket . In their day , the
best evidence thai could be addnoed for the coercion of Ireland "Was one old ballad i while taking advantage of Whigjprecedent , the Tories rely upon a whole book of jsongs . The only difference between the two parties is this : that while the Whigs were " in , " the Toriesjnot only did not oppose them , but joined them In their every act of recklessness ! while upon the contrary , the Whigs , when " out , " are upon the watch , and give us , at all events , the benefib of their opposition . . The English people know that the Whigs and Free Traders would squander blood and treasure to any amount before they would consent
to enact the People ' s Charter . The Irish people know that they have pledged themselves to resist the Repeal of the Union to the death ; and from this knowledge the people of both countries must come to the conclusion that any junction between Chartists and Whig 9 : must be destructive of Chartism ; while any coalition between Repealers and Whigs must annihilate all hope of Repeal . Justice to Ireland cannot be recognised in patronage ; it can only be developed in representation . Justice to England cannot be recognised in the principles of Free Trade , or Charch Reform ; it can only be effected
by popular representation . We have thought it essentially necessary to be thus explicit upon the subject of this new dodge , because we aro aware that at a time of general excitement those who are not steady in principle will be easily warped to the side of extravagant profession ; and that the Whiga and their emissaries will have recourse to all available means for creating a reaction , based upon extensive promises , no man can doubt . If , however , the people suffer themselves to be duped , they will learn their first lesson in folly , from the spirit of vindictiveness which will be evinced in their annihilation
as a political body . Should this trick succeed , the insincere of all parties wonld allow their senseless , frothy agiUdioa to subside into a temporary calm for the purpose of bringing their united forces to bear against Chartism , which contains the only whole political principle worth contending for . We have now done our duty ! it is for the people to do theirs !! and if evil shonld come from neglect of our advice , let the charge be saddled upon those who read our warning but eschew our counsel . We feel convinced that many warm-hearted Irishmen amongst us may be led away by a belief that the Tories only stand in
the way of a Repeal of the Union , and that consequently every act of opposition to them is calculated to advance the question . Our hope , however , is in the belief that Ireland herself has achieved too much strength , and has arrived at too supreme a knowledge of her own powers , to waste that strength and power in so slight a triumph as that of knocking down the Tory * wicket" and plaoing the "bat" once more in the hands of those whom it cost us so much trouble to " bowl out , " and who , while in , pursued a career of " base , bloody , and brutal recklessness , unparalleled in the bloodiest annals of the bloodiest country . "
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Robert { Peel in that false : position in which the confidence of his party has placed him : a position which he might have held by independence ; a position which he is about to lose from weakness . Our whole system has become bo confessedly rotten that even an ; honest or well intentioned leader is sure to bring contempt upon himself by the tools that he is compelled to enlist in his service . There is an old and in his case a very pertinent adage : "if you wrestle with a sweep whether you stand or fall , you must setisome of the soot . "
We presume that the same chances may be calculated upon from embracing as from wrestling ; and Sir Robert haying embriced the political sweeps of all parties , from the ranting Republican , the revolutionary Whig , and the constitutional Whig , down to the inflexible and stand-still Tory of the olden school , for the purpose of carrying on what he hoped to make a Conservative Government upon the ] prinoiple of required reforms , now finds himself blackened by contamination , and damned by expediency . Could he have hoped for a better result from the workings , the machinations , and the conspiracies to which he has been exposed in the
Cabinet , not of his voluntary formation , but of his involuntary adoption ? When we see the three most important offices filled by pressed men , and not by volunteers , we must have considerable misgivings as to their interest in the success of their leader ' s undertaking . Sir James Grail n fills the most important offioe under the Crown , * and it is only by acting in complete opposition , to his whole former life ihat he can hope for grace , for favour , or even for toleration frem his newly adopted party . He is cold-blooded , cruel , unrelenting , vindictive , and calculating , and hates Sir Robert Peel as he hates the devil himself . Stanley fills an
office only second in importance to Graham ' s ; and Stanley , the proud sciou ot the proud old house of Derby ; but bends beneath expediency ' s sternest necessity in playing subordinate to the man whose father had the merit of making his own fortune . Stanley hates Ireland with an irrepressible , imperishable , and unextingtiishable vehemence ; he loves the Church for the milk that he drawB from her pap ;; he defends that title which the land gives him as a politician ; he aspires to that elevation and greatness ! for which blood has been hitherto held an indispensable qualification ; and he knows that Peel has placed an extinguisher upon his hopes
and fetters upon his struggling ardour . For these reasons Stanley , too , hates Peel ; while he loves Grauam , as in fact our Home and Colonial Secretary may be and not inappropriately denominated the Siamese Youths . Stanley and Graham broke up ho Grey Administration : and Stanley and Graham will as surely destroy that of their present master . Seeing the power that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has exercised , we must naturally attach great importance to that high office ; and although we believe in the sincere attachment of the quondam ' republican Lord Lyndhurst , his benefactor , yet do we incline to think that an unchecked
license to the old republican / blood to flow without dread for ' the loss of the good things of this life would overcome the strong feeling of personal regard . Peel is not altogether safe from the strongest affection which may be manifested , under prosperity , by the political children of his own nursing . Glad stone will stand by Peel as long as Peel can stand without him ; but the moment that the fitting time for separation arrives , that moment will Gladstone breaK from his leading-strings , and with a cool and calculating temper , and with a perfect mercantile knowledge , which bo pre-eminently qualifies a man for distinction in this rulc-of-three country , he will
march on at the head of the commercial and dissent interest , aud , moulding himself to the strongest political party , will acquire the position of leader of tho public mind , the object nearest and dearest to his heart . Such then are the materials against which I eel has to contend in eccresy ; while there is no cloaking tho hurricane of unpopularity which is gathering ; round him from without , for tho very rea " sons that we predicted long since , and which are , for opening the eyes of the people to the fallacies of the itinerant demagogue freetraders . If reference is now made to the letters of Mr . O'Connor upon the subject of tho Tariff aud the Income Tax at a time when tho whole press of the empire was silent upon the probable result of those measures , it wi : l be seen , that so long ago as March and April 1842
that gentleman predicted the very " crisis" which has now resulted from those measures , and the position into which they would bring tho Prime Minister . lie foretold the very amount by which agricultural produce would be lowered , and to which the valuo of land would be reduced ; While he also predicted that those reductions would be ot no value whatever to the working classes , whose wages would be commensurately reduced ; and he further added , that from the Charter alone could the people hope for auy share in any benefit that was to be achieved by the Tariff ; thu 9 not only predicting the " crisis , " but prescribing the subsequent treatment for : the patient . AH changes of all sorts , if beneficial , cau be only so for those classes who , by representation , are enabled to turn them from general to class purposes .
We shall conclude these observations with an extract from a French paper , from which the general feeling of our friends abroad , as to our present position , may be gathered .
SPAIN AND ENGLAND . Le Siede observes , that " Both Spain and Great Britain are in a period oi crisis . " If may judge from appearances , we should foresee a more extensive catastrophe for our rivals beyond the channel than for our national allies beyond the Pyrenees . , ¦ ' The agitation in Ireland ia such , that the entire masa of the population in joining in it . O Connell has promised to have 3 , 000 , 000 of Repe&Iets , and he has obtained them ; operatives , peasants , lawyers , proprietors , priests , bishops ,-all have risen at bis voice . It is easy to Bee tint tbis man is , morally , the sovereign of Ireland , and that with one word he may raise ] a tempest .
" On the other hand , of the operative of Great Britain there are 2 , 000 . 000 who are idle in workhouses —in those bastUes for ktiour where there is no occupation to be had . The official returns of the indigeDt poor throughout England and Wales for the year 1842 , state tho poor within the workhousBa to be 221 , 687 2 the exterior poor , 1 , 207 , 402 " la tbe . Bame country the picture of corruption is not lees hideous than that of pauperism ; we have traced it too recently to repeat it . It is proved that in no country are there committed more crimes , nor in no country are morals more depraved than in England . ; .
I" It 13 there that the Government , the Ministry , the two Chambers , and the Law Department openly practise venality ; it ia there that diplom icy is habitually destitute of all good faith ; it ia there that there is a virulent dispute between three churches ; it la there that social order is attacked in its base by the Chartists . Add to all those causes of destruction that the British army , whose province i ? to secure the udministration of the laws , is numerically weak , scattered over the entire globe , and is conipospU in the proportion ef one-thud of those Irish Catholics whom they are employed to repress . Donot forgtt , in fine , that England is crushed under the weight of a debt of more than fifteen milliards , and that henceforward it will be impossible for her to add to her taxation .
" In Spain , on the contrary , if there exist some of the causes of the derangement which is visible in England , there are at least natty of religious faith , richness of soil , jwbioh is sufficient for the wants of ail . general an honourable character , and a material force resulting from her admirable position between the two seas which join tbe barrier of the Pyrenees . <« The prosperity of those two nations is necessary for the future tranquillity of Europe . Whatever may be our cause of complaint against the most powerful , we trust that both may weather the crisis in which they are , at present placed by useful reforms . Spain will draw the strength she requites from her own vitality , and England , endowed with incontestibie energy , bits need only to enlarge tbe popnlar rights in order to maintain herself for a long time against the weight of her tottering empira "
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We learn from Boulogne-sur-Mer that a few days ago ; & revenue cutter captured , off Cape Grinez , a boat , with three men oh board , containing baits ot cotton-th-read , tulles , and Blockings , amounting in value to 1 £ 10 , 000 . Each bale had straps , so as to make * ' portable as a Unapaaok , The boat and its freight were brought into Boulogne , and boU ou conditiou of the goods being re-exported .
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THE MARYLEBONE DODGE . It wi'I be seen from an announcement made in our present number that the meeting at Sir Benjamin Hall ' s house was but the precursor of a public meeting which is to be held on Monday next , in the borough of Marylebone , ostensibly for the purpose of discussing Irish grievances , but in reality with the view to restore the Whigs to power . If Marylebone , however , claims any [ political pre-eminence in its representative quality for having returned a fighting sailor and a Whig baronet , it is also distinguished for having throughout the most trying times preserved a high character for public principle and political boldness . Under these circumstanoos we might well afford to leave the Whigs and their
followers to bo dealt with on Monday next by the working classes , who ! , while in power , they so cruelly deceived and brutally oppressed . As however we are aware of the use that will be made in other parts of the country by a Whig triumph in Marylebone , and as the local drones may have a blighting effect upon the local bees , we would strenuously recommend the friends of freedom in
the Charter , to send their battalions from all parts of London to aid aud assist ia making tho triumph of democracy so complete that its enemies will not again aare to mock us by false promises , and so woo as that they may be al > lo to crush us . Marylebone has been the scene of many a glorious Chartist triumph ! Let that of Monday be added as another to the number ! The riding-school , tho workhouseyard , the institute , and the several other places of
meeting , have frequently resounded with the shouts of triumph : let them be heard again on Monday , and let the amendment , which we have elsewhere recommended , be committed to the hands of the Admiral and the BaronetAas the sense of the men of Marylebone , to be- ( delivered into the hands of the Quet 1 . And let tthem see that this service on their beh ilf shall be as well performed as those which they boast of having so faithfully rendered to the electors . Above all let them take care and hare faif play : and in order to ensure it , let them appoint an honest , brave , and J cool-headed working man tc take the chair . Surely , if the meeting is for the benefit of the people , this is a step that all parties must acquiese in I The time is come when ChartistB
must not only be watchful but brave ; as tbe people may rely upon it that those who lay claim to extreme liberality , are as much opposed to the Chartists and their principles aa the most rampant Tory to be found oh earth . We must now organize J organiza !! organiza !!! fora dissolution of Parliament : and should we be driven
to another election under the old system , we must take advantage of the pressure of the times to insure the restoration of all expatriated Chartists , and the emancipation of the imprisoned : while for the general conflict wo must so marshal our forces as will ensure the return of such a kuot of veritable Chartists as will sit with the Speaker and rise with the House , pledged to the non-electors by bond
and oath to restore their trust when called upon , as a means of ensuring the honest discharge of those duties which they undertake to perform . There would be no better commencement to such an organization than the triumph of Chartism amid the general confusion of politics ; and there would be no place which could give greater influence to that triumph than the adoption of the amendment we have published , by thejgood people of Marylebone . It would givo both factions a taste of that share which the people themselves intend to have in all future changes , while it would inspire the Chartist body with a new hope and vigour for the coming campaign . I
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Mv Friends , —I have before been put to the extreme pain of referring to the differences which exist between me and the Editor of the Northern Star , with reference to ; Dr . M'Douall . I had reason to hope that if those differences could not be reconciled , you would be spared from the frequent recital of them . From the article which appeared in last
wetk ' s Star , however ] under the h 6 ad " Notice to Correspondents , " my Hope in conciliation was wholly destroyed ; and no alternative remains to me but that of publicly expressing my disapproval of the course , and disbelief jin tbe charges against Dr . M'Doual . Nothing can bo farther from my mind than fora moment to deny the right of every man to expresshisown opinion fully and fairly ; and ia order to set myself right with tho public , I shall exercise
that right and I trust calmly myself . I do not then subscribe ia any , the most remote way , to the denunciation of Dt . M'Douall . For myself , I will add , that J respect him ] for his talent , I honour him for his patriotism , and I have full confidence in his integrity , while as a friend I ! -. ave tho most affectionate regard for him . With theso feelings , and entertaining them I trust strongly , I could not } submit to bo branded as a hypocrite for tolerating abuse of him , or as a tool ,
not being able to resist it . I feel convinced that I have taken tho proper course for tbe protection of my own honour and my friend ' s character , by thus taking the earliest opportunity , after the recent provocation , for making this explanation ; while at the same time I am resolved that upon the issue no contingent evils shall spring . You are not to infer from this that any other difference whatever exists between me and Mr . Hill ; while he , I feel assured , will concede to me that right which he has very freely exercised himself .
From my disinclination to Bay more upon painful subjects than is uecessary to serve my immediate purpose , I abstain , for the present and for ever , from further reference to this most painful of all painful oues . And remain your faithful friend , } Feargus O'Connor .
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The Carpenter ' s Ha ! ll Chartists , Manchester —This moniiiii /' s post ( Thursday ) brought an address from , the Council of ihe Carpenter ' s Hall Chartists in reply to the notice in last week s Star affeciirvj them , i / rj Hill , who is personally alluded to in that address , has been this W ; tk in very indif : ferent healh , and so , much enyayed in making preparations for his tour through the country ^ ihat he has spent scarcely at , y time at the Office ; and consequently the cntiie arrangement , and indeed manage " ment of the paper has fallen upon my shoulders . I have not ah opportunity just now of consvliinn him ? and as I presume this address wilt not be inserted Ulilhoui explanatory , remarks I have withheld it for the purpose 0 / putting it into his hands . In thus acting J assure the Carpenter ' s Hall Chartists that I have 7 $ o intention either towffend or to interfere ; I mere / I / act as duty dictates , wider the peculiar circutnstanees . J . Hgbson .
E . Wilks , Cheltenham , desires us to answer the following question ! : — " Which are the cheapest and best hooks lo ^ give an ignorant person a general knowledge of his rights and duties as a citizen ; the object , nature , and duty &f Govern , ' ments ; the reforms necessary in our Government ; and the way to yet it reformed ; and sortie general knowledge ] of Political Economy ? " The works we would recommend are , Paiue ' s Right ' s of Man ; Paine ' s jDissertation on First Principles of Government : Paine ' s Common Sense ; Paine ' s Crisis ; and Paine ' s Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance : also Cobbott ' s Legacy to Labourers ; Cobbett ' s Poor Man ' s Friend ; Cobbeu ' s Taper against Gold : and Cobbett ' B Advioe ] to Young Mou . For the "Reforms necessary in our Government" read the People ' s Charter ; and , "for the way to
g " et it Reformed ? attend to the teachings of the Northern ( Star . For a general knowledge of TRUE Political Economy , read Bray ' s Labour ' s I Wrongs , and Labour ' s Remedy ; Watta ' s Bjact 3 and Fictions of Modern Political Economists ; Atkinson ' s Principles of Political Economy ; Gray ' s Social System ; Gray ' s Remedy for the Distress of Nations ; O ' astler'a Fleet Papers ; Owen ' s Memorials to the Allied Sovereigns ; and Owen ' s Dovelopeiaont off the Principles and Plans ot Home Colonies . Mr . Wilks states that he asked the ijwstion of the Editor of the Nonconformist ; but received for answer that " he could not ansu-er . " Above he has our answer : and if , wLcn he has read and grounded Himself in the principle ? the works specified teach , he is no' a u » se man on the subjects enumerated , ic is not in the power of exishiiig books or book-reiidiny to moke lt \ m so . j
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Williah Fairburn , Wednesbuky , desires all who may have monies in their hands , for the aid and assistance of the law-made widow , Ellis , to send an account of the same for publication , that the amount collected may be ascertained ; and the money applied , eiilier in one way' or other , to the relief of the " present pressing necessities of the widow ' s ease . CoKBEcno » . —In Mr . Cleave ' s list of subscriptions last week , one item teas set forth as from Mosstey Lincolnshire . It should have been Lancashire .
The Marylebone Chaktists desire the address of Mrs . Richards , as they have some money for her . ¦ .-. ' ¦ A Sincere Friend , at Usworth , writes to the pitmen of the Tyne and Wear , tearing testimony to tKeir great and glorioles demonstration of Satur-, day last , when , as he says , "five and-twenty thousand men , with their sixty or seventy ban . ' ners fluttering in the breeze , and accompanied by their bands of mttsic , " assembled to-hear from one another the cause of their manifold grievances . But while he is pleased to be able le report most favourably as lo the general order and decorum of the precession , he must reprove for a practice at the meeting , which , if not stopped
on future occasions , may lead to great mischief . He speaks of the practice of drinking on the ground , from ale-carts and waggons ; and the practice of the bands playing while ihe proceed ings of the meeting are being carried on . Both practices , he says , interferes with good order ; and give the enemy occasion to speak ; while the former may be used by the designing for ihe accomplishment of most nefarious schemes to defeat the object of the working men . Amongst a sober people there \ s little chance of a riot or tumult being incited .- with a tipsy crowd nothing more easy . He would advise thai the parties calling large meetings should see to these things for their own protection . C . F . Stollmeyeb . — We will see what can be done in
our next 1 Hexry HiGsON , on behaff of the Chartists ofColne , writes to say that William Smith , who was arrested during the strike-outbbjbak , at Skipton , in August last , and sentenced to twelvemonths * imprisonment in Wakefield House of Correction ^ will be at liberty again about the middle of August next ; and his friends are desirous tQ give him a public entry into the town , as a mark of . respect for his virtues as a good citizen , a good father , and a good Chartist . To this end they desire the co operation of every lover of right . A meeting ix to be holden in the Chartist newsroom , Windy Bank , on Sunday , July SOth , to make ihe necessary arrangements .
J . L . Ambler , Ambler Thorn . — We are sorry that we cannot oblige him ; but the calls upon our space are so many and so urgent , that it is very . little indeed we can devote to mere Essays or Disquisitions on abstract questions . We rather prefer matter that t elates to present and immediate practical results . Robert Ashfohth , Birmingham . —We know not of the Advertisement he writes about . He had betler consult someof the faculty in Birmingham . We are not friendly to Quacks . J . M . Leach , Hyde . — We cannot afford space for his long address lo the master-manufacturers and ' shopkeepers of Hyde . We would advise him to
deliver it to them orally . Nottingham Female Chartists will see that we have omitted their " schooling" ofAfiss Susannah Inge . We must not have the women" quarrelling" : the men make " mm" enough . The no' lice last week was quite sufficient . A Constant Reader , Hull , should have given his name . We shall hand the letter over to Mr West . It would have been but fair , loo , that a " Constant Reader" should have ascertained from the party himself , whether the sum he speaks of had not been sent , before he wrote his " suspicions" at all . Isaac Hoyle , Kirkdale Gaol , shall have attention next week .
The Poor Law at Warrington . —We have another communication from the person signing himself " Washington , " not only reiterating his former statements as to gross and scandalous treatment pursued towards the inmates of Warrington Workhouse , but assuring us that his account of them is far from being as strong as it might truly be . We much regret that" WASHINGTON" has not given us his name . In these mailers , and with charges of cruelties so incredible as he de ~ tails , it is but fair that those who wish us to publish that which might bring its under " the lash of the law "should at least give us an opportunity of ascertaining their own credibility , and how far we might be justified in trusting ourselves to make statements on their responsibility , —which
is , as we sometimes have been dearly made to know , —no responsibility at all . We therefore can but still ( real this matter as an attempt of the enemy . " Washinston" details much that he has done in the Chartist cause , and against the Whigs and Tories of Warrington ; but he has not told us who he is . He may be , for aught we know , a Poor La'O A ssistant Commissioner , who wishes to have groundless charges of " Poor Law atrocity" published , thai he may have a " job " of *' inquiry" and be able to "demolish" the fiimsy and vifamous stories vamped up against "the Boon , " —the rate-saving , comfort-distributing New Poor Law . " Washington" having thus "fixed" us ,, we must decline to publish his statements : not that ioe mould shrink
from doing so , if assured of their truth . This we should do , regardless of all consequences : for we know that the only safety of the poor *' under the present system lies in public exposure . The Preps is the only power on the side of the people at all dreaded by their persecutors and robbers : and we are prepared to run all risks in affording the poor all the protection that the Press can afford , when wehave real grievances to detail—re il actions to complain of or denounce Anxious , however , as we are to publish whatever can tend to alleviate or better the condition of the poor victims of tyranny , we cannot afford to go "fishing" for sham instances of oppression ; or suffer ourselves to be imposed upon with fictitious
narratives , if we can avoid it . Strongly suspecting that this is an attempt to so impose upon us , we naturally feel desirous to ascertain whether our suspicions are justifiable or not . We should therefore feel greatly obliged if some known friend in Warrington could help us to ascertain whether there are any grounds for one or two statements or allegations made by our correspondent * ' Washington . " We hav : ascertained ^ since our last , that ihe Master of Warrington Workhouse has died very lately ; and that he died suddenly . These facts we gather from an advertisement in the Manchester Guardian for a new master and mistress , in " consequence of the sudden death of the late master . " But what
we are anxious now to gel lo know is : " Did the Guardians farm the old and young female inmates of the Workhouse lo the Master , to be by him kept for ihe sum of one shilling and six pence per head per week "? " Is it true that the food he kept them on was so thin that the young females could not help but urine their beds ' ? ' * /* it true that for thus doing , what they were physically incapable of preventing , they WERE FLAGGED" ? «/ s it true , that ontheVlth-tf June last , nine females were set apart to be FLOGGED by the Master himself ; but that before he had finished with the firsty he fell down at the feet of his victim , and expired in less than fifteen minutes" ? " Is it true thai an old man .
of the name of Taylor , more than seventy years of agej , and so feeble as not to be able to walk without two sticks ; is it true that this old , feeble man was refused admsssion into the Workhouse , and consequently drowned himself in theSankey Canal , at a place called Buttermilk Bridge , on the evening of June 24 th last" I " Is it true that about a month ago , a little girl teas so hungry as to crave a potato from the old woman who had the cnurge of boiling them ; and that she was discovered eating it in the yard by the master ; and is it true that he forced the child to tell where she had gotten it ; and then , after reprimanding the old woman , is it true that he took another potato , hit from the pot , and went and forced it down
the child ' s throat' ? " Isit true ihat that same CHILD DII-D THAT SAME NIGHT" ? We wUh to know whether these things be true or n&t : for vie don ' t believe them ; but believe that the sending of them to us lo he published is a wicked attempt to mislead us . If it turn out to be so , use shall gladly aid in bringing to justice the man who , by means so detestable , seeks to bring odium upon the Poor Law Authorities , and innocent people into trouble . The letters we shall preserve ; and if we doti " t receive from some known friend in Warrington , confirmation of the allegations made by the writer , we shall either place them in the hands of the Poor Law Commissioners , to be
by them dealt with as they may think meet ; or in the hands of a Member of Parliament ^ for Parliamentary inquiry . Mrs . Cooper . Lkicgstbr—A most energetic and stirring appeal to the Chartists generally , on belialf of the husband-bereaved widow , Cooper , has been forwarded to us , by Mr Thomas Winter and Daniel Toon . They represent her as being in great difficulties arising from her continued illness , and her inability to attend to business She is in danger of being ouste--. from her home , being in arrears with both her rent and rates The bare mention of these facts will be -sufficient to show Chartists their duty .
W . Aitken , late of Ashton . —The Committee ap-¦ pointed to collect subscriptions Jor the support of t the wife and family of Mr . Aitken , ( who had to run lo America for the part he took in the STRiKEODTBflEAK of August lud ) , desire all those who have books and monies to deliver them , in , on of before Tuesday , Hie 3 rd of August , either to the Committee itself , at the Cha ' rtin ! lloom Charlestown , on Monday and Tuesday evenings , or to Mr . E . Hobion , Lookseller .
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SB APrOBTJ . -Tbe foHowimj resolution was adopted at a meeting of £ ha Bradford Short Time Committee , held at the New Inn , on Friday evening , the 8 lh instant : — That whereas information has been communicated to this Committee that several worsted spinners and manufacturers in this town and neighbourhood are overworking children and young persons in their employ , and in various other ways encroaching upon the provisions of ihe Factories' Regulation Act , we do resolve to watch their proceedings , and obtain such information as will enable them to bring the offending parties to justice . " \
Woolcombebs' "Wages—One of the manufacturers of the name of Milnes , having promised to the wool combers in his employ an advance of wages , for a fortnight ; and if the rest of the masters could be induced to advance , he would continue the promised increase of wages ; this news spread t rapidly throngh the whole body of woplcombers ^ and the result was a very large meeting of tbe trade , held near the Temperance Hall , and three persons appointed as a deputation to visit the masters , and by reason and argument induce them to advance the-wages . A resolution was unanimously adopted to hold a public meeting on Monday evening ; at seven o ' clock on the same place , to be called by requisition . The chairman dissolved the meeting , urging them to use every means in their power to get up a large meeting of the trade , and nse no threat or intimidation of any kind , to any employer , or any other person in any way connected with the employers .
The Northern Star^ Saturday, July 15, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR ^ SATURDAY , JULY 15 , 1843 .
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THE CRISIS . Ws know not whether the physician who had foretold a criBis , and who , although he had prophetically described all those symptoms by which its approach , its character , and duration were likely to be characterised , would beheld in much respect as a practitioner , ; if , when the crisis was over , he was unequal to the task of subsequently dealing with his patient . For years , yea , for scores of years , criaises" have been foretold by our political physicians ; and they have come , some as predicted , shewing all the symptoms by which they were to
be preceded ; but 'when the patient was to be got over the purging , the sweating , the blistering , the cupping , and the bleeding :, it was then that the difficulty of restoring him to health , to strength , and to vigour presented itself . Our present rulers , then , are precisely in the situation of the physician in the latter case . They have blistered and purged , and bled and cupped , and sweated the people , and have brought about that weakness which must ever follow such treatment ; and they are now unequal to the task of restoring the weakened frame of society to its once healthy
position . Politicians , however , like other professional experimentalists , are unwilling to confess the ineffieacy of their owo nostrums , and contend th&t the present condition of the people is a natural consequence growing out ot some natural cause over which practical politics can have no controul . We know , quoth one , that the patient labours under Church deliriums ; we know saith another , that the patient labours under a very heavy rent pressure ; we know , quoth a third , that the burthens of the state are heaty and hard to be borne ; while a fourth admits that those upon whose industry they must
all ultimately fall , have been crushed beneath their weight , from the fact of those who represent the property of others having thrown them exclusively upon the shoulders of those who were not represented at all . If , then , these are the diseases under which the people labour , and if the connection between Church and State , which causes the Church delirium , is to be held inviolate , as Sir Robert Peel informed us no later than Tuesday night , there can be but little hope for any abatement in the symptoms of thai portion of the disorder . If the rent pressure belongs , as we are told , to the "head morals "
rather than to the head political , there is as little to be expected by way of recovery from that ohronio disease . If what is called national faith must , under all circumstances , be upheld , the patient must still continue to suffer under that portion of tho disorder . It is some coneolation , however , to find that things which were scarcely allowed to be hinted at som . 9 few years a ^ o—and for hinting at which some have grievously suffered—are now spoken of , freely discussed , and admitted to deserve that character
which good men : have suffered for stamping upon { hem . It not unfrequently oceurs that that convenient plea , necessity , must be stretched in a remedial as well as in the coercive direction ; and hence we find Sir Robert Peel ultimately driven to the necessity of making the following admission * He says * ' THE ATTENTION : OF THE HOUSE HAD BEEN CALLED TO THREE SORTS OF IfilSH GRIEVANCES—THE ScClAL , the Political , and the Religious . The Social , or Agrarian , were wot new Grievances ; nor was it pcesiblb for the government to devise
asy immediate . remedy fob them j but if a committee had been proposed for 1 nqdiby into the Law of Landlobp aj > d Tenant he would gladly have agreed to that . " These are the words of the Prime Minister of England , delivered in his place in Parliament on last Tuesday night , —the most important admission ever made by an English Minister , and one which will not fail to have its doe and natural effect upon the minds of the working
classes-Let us see what this admission amonnts to . The Right Honourable Baronet tells ua the grievances complained of ; but that it is impossible for the Government to devise any means to remedy the grievances $ however he will as ; ree to the appointment of a Committee to hear the grievances which the Committee cannot remedy . The admis-BlODj however , leads 113 to ask why Sir Robert Peel , as Prime Minister , has neglected to do that which if done by another , he would not oppose ! If a Committee to enquire into tha law of landlord and tenant be necessary even for the childish purpose of hearing , seeing , ordering , and doing nothing , why did not Sir Robert Peitl him ^ elf move the appointment of such a Committee ? Perhaps the fair answer to this question may go far to exhibit Sir
To The Chartists.
TO THE CHARTISTS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct810/page/4/
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